Crazy State Laws - Alabama Edition
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Alabama • A 1950 anti-obscenity law in Irondale, Ala., prohibited any showing of anyone nude or “in a substantially nude state” except a babe in arms. • Anniston: You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street. • An ordinance in Linden, Ala., provided that all women of “uncertainchastity” had to be off the streets by 9 p.m.• Bear wrestling matches are prohibited. • Boogers may not be flicked into the wind. • Children of incestuous couples are deemed legitimate. • Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.• Hunting is not allowed on Sunday. • Incestuous marriages are legal. • It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating avehicle.• It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy. • It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty. • It is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone’s pity. • It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter inchurch. • It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if youhave a lantern attached to the front of your automobile. • It is legal to drive the wrong way on a one way street if you havea lantern on the front of your car. • It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels. • It’s against the law for a man to seduce “a chaste woman bymeans of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage.” • It’s illegal to play dominoes on Sunday. • Jasper: It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a sticklarger in diameter than his thumb. • Lee County: It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundownon Wednesday. • Masks may not be worn in public• Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex. • Mobile: It is unlawful to howl at ladies inside the city limits.It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels. • Montgomery: It is considered an offense to open an umbrella ona street, for fear of it spooking horses. • No persons may sell “blow-out nuts”. • Peanuts are not allowed to be sold in Lee County, Alabama aftersunset on Wednesdays. • Pool halls may not be operated between 11:30 PM and 6 AM. • Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death. • Slavery is still legal in Decatur, Alabama. • The game of crackaloo is illegal in Fairfield, Ala. • Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriagein the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men. • Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriagein the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men. • You cannot chain your alligator to a fire hydrant. • You may not drive barefooted.• You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time. • You must have windshield wipers on your car. |
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