Hedwig

Oklahoma has two separate laws: One for same-sex sodomy and one for opposite-sex sodomy. I know same-sex has a 20 year prison sentence to this day. It's phenominally depressing but such things still exist.

trekbette

I did a quick search on Yahoo for Weird Sex Laws and found this site-- http://bertc.com/sexlaws.htm


No man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, onions, or sardines on his breath in Alexandria, Minnesota. If his wife so requests, law mandates that he must brush his teeth.

Warn your hubby that after lovemaking in Ames, Iowa, he isn't allowed to take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with you-or holding you in his arms.

Bozeman, Montana, has a law that bans all sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown-if they're nude. (Apparently, if you wear socks, you're safe from the law!)

During lunch breaks in Carlsbad, New Mexico no couple should engage in a sexual act while parked in their vehicle, unless their car has curtains.

In Cleveland, Ohio women are not allowed to wear patent-leather shoes.

Clinton, Oklahoma has a law against masturbating while watching two people having sex in a car.

It's safe to make love while parked in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Police officers aren't allowed to walk up and knock on the window. Any suspicious officer who thinks that sex is taking place must drive up from behind, honk his horn three times and wait approximately two minutes before getting out of his car to investigate. [Hmmm... okay, there's one place with a law that makes sense... -psl]

In Connorsville, Wisconsin no man shall shoot off a gun while his female partner is having a sexual orgasm.

In Detroit, couples are not allowed to make love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property.

A law in Fairbanks, Alaska does not allow moose to have sex on city streets.

In Florida it is illegal for single, divorced, or widowed women to parachute on Sunday afternoons.

In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll booth.

The owner of every hotel in Hastings, Nebraska, is required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even if they are married, may sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have sex unless they are wearing one of these clean, white cotton nightshirts.

Another law in Helena, Montana, mandates that a woman can't dance on a table in a saloon or bar unless she has on at least three pounds, two ounces of clothing.

A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.

An excerpt from brilliant Kentucky state legislation. "No female shall appear in a bathing
suit on any highway within this state unless she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club".

The following important amendment however is to be considered here: "The provisions of this statute shall not apply to females weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds, nor shall it apply to male horses."

In Kingsville, Texas there is a law against two pigs having sex on the city's airport property.

Any couple making out inside a vehicle, and accidentally sounding the horn during their lustful act, may be taken to jail according to a Liberty Corner, New Jersey law.

In Los Angeles, California, a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or
strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap. Consent should be given prior to the event, as is carefully stipulated. [Not to be confused with the myth about "rule of thumb"'s origin -psl]

In Maryville, Missouri, women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "The privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."

In Michigan, a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.

In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal.

An ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer!

In Norfolk, Virginia, a woman can't go out without wearing a corset. (There was a civil-service job-for men only-called a corset inspector.)

In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.

In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.

In hotels in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, every room is required to have twin beds. And the beds must always be a minimum of two feet apart when a couple rents a room for only one night. And it's illegal to make love on the floor between the beds!

A Tremonton, Utah law states that no woman is allowed to have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance. In addition to normal charges, the woman's name will be published in the local newspaper. The man does not receive any punishment.

Utah state legislation outlaws all sex with anyone but your spouse. Next to that adultery, oral and anal sex, masturbation are considered sodomy and can lead to imprisonment. Sex with an animal - unless performed for profit - however is NOT considered sodomy. Polygamy - provided only the missionary position has been applied - is only a misdemeanor.

AquaVita

re: the above post...there's no way that those can be real. Unless people really are that damn stupid. Please...someone tell me that's all a joke.

oriecat

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!

Ack.

Ice

Homosexual acts are banned in Singapore.

Oral sex is also illegal except when performed as foreplay (that is, sexual intercourse between a heterosexual couple must follow the act of oral sex). As ruled by no less than the Supreme Court of our land when such a case presented itself a few years ago.

Viti

Usually these are silly very old laws that were simply never removed...some states pull them outta their ass whenever they feel like it.

Not sexual, but through a series of weird circumstances, my family was charged with horsetheft in California. The Sherrif served the papers to my folks and informed them horsetheft was still listed as a HANGING offense on the books!

kwigibo

but in a moving vehicle it's ok

Monkeybot

I read, and this may be an urban legend, that a lot of these goofball laws originated when legislators got paid per piece of legislation passed... so they'd pass laws about not carrying ice cream in your back pocket on Sunday or whatever to rack up the money.

Sue Sponte

I can't stop laughing at the absurdity of this one!

Bialar Crais

Dumb Laws has a few gems... Some of them with explanations why that particular law exists...

Like:

Blythe, California:
You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.

Baldwin Park, California:
Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.

Arkansa (state law):
A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.

Connecticut:
You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce

Tampa, Florida:
Women may not expose their breasts while performing "topless dancing". (I wonder how THAT is supposed to be done )

Chico, California:
Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine. (Okay, someone give me a nuke, I'll pay the fine in advance )

England:
Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).
It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

York, England:
Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.

Unfortunately they did not have any section on dumb swedish laws that I could find... Have they missed a gold mine there?