Outdated and Crazy State Laws

I Fought The Law & the Law's Dumb It often takes years for new laws to be passed by legislation in local or state government. Strangely, it can take longer to eliminate old, antiquated laws that no longer make sense for our modern way of life. But if those outdated, borderline nonsensical laws were simply reacting to the times, who knows how our changing tech laws will appear generations from now? SPONSORED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ONLINE Minnesota Laws It's easy for old city laws to slip through the ages unnoticed, but it's a heck of a surprise to see what hasn't been done away with when going through the law books. EVERY MAN MUST GROW A BEARD. HAMBURGERS MAY NOT BE EATEN ON SUNDAYS. >St. Cloud, Minn. >Brainerd, Minn. ANIMALS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SLEEP IN BAKERIES. >Duluth, Minn. DRIVING A TRUCK WITH DIRTY TIRES IS CONSIDERED CITIZENS MAY KEEP THEIR COWS ON MAIN STREET AT A A PUBLIC NUISANCE. > Minnetonka, Minn, 3-CENT DAILY COST. > Wayland, Minn, Weird American State Laws Minnesota isn't the only state with weird laws, though. Every state in America has some laws that don't quite make sense. >: MONTANA It's illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays. WASHINGTON Motorists with criminal intent must KENTUCKY It's illegal to use any kind of reptile during a religious service. ALABAMA stop at city limits and announce their NORTH DAKOTA It's illegal for beer to be served with It's illegal to wear a false mustache in entrance. church and stir up pretzels. "unseemly laughter." GEORGIA ARIZONA It's illegal to make or sell fake drugs. MISSISSIPPI It's illegal to seduce women over the age of 18 with promises It's illegal to sell or give away a child under the age of 12 to the circus. of marriage. Tech Laws Laws can be considered silly when reviewed years, decades, or even centuries later, but they were considered necessary at the time to respond to societal trends. In recent years, tech laws have been reactionary to recent problems. CYBER HARASSMENT - 39 STATES It's illegal to use the Internet or other electronic communication methods for a dedicated effort to torment another individual. CYBERSTALKING – 37 STATES It's illegal to use the Internet or other electronic communication to demonstrate a pattern of threatening or malicious behavior. FACEBOOK LOGIN PROTECTION – 6 STATES It's illegal for an employer to ask for your Facebook login information. Getting Serious THE STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT (SOPA), 2011 & THE PROTECT IP ACT (PIPA), 2011 THE GLOBAL FREE INTERNET ACT, 2012 & THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT 2.0 (ECPA 2.0), 2012 The bills would have significantly increased U.S. law enforcement's ability to combat the "online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods." Following the largest online protest in history, the laws were The bills would significantly update ECPA and establish a formal process for the government to evaluate policies that threaten Internet users and would seek to deride any policies that would discriminate or subvert the "open, global shelved, as it was deemed too broad. nature of the Internet." Who knows what current laws will seem silly in the future. fe Concordia SOURCES: STUPIDLAWS.COM I COMPLEX.COM I NCSL.ORG I AOL.COM I USNEWS.COM UNIVERSITY SAINT PAUL