Clash of the Sunday Liquor Laws in Connecticut
Sunday laws, those that prohibit activities from occurring on Sundays, are nothing new. Now, however, Connecticut has decided to change one of its Sunday laws, allowing for liquor sales to occur on Sundays, but only from 10-5. As promising as this might seem to liquor stores, referred to as “package” stores in this video on the [...]
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Weird Laws: No Divorce in the Philippines
Following the flurry of activity across the internet discussing Egypt’s law that would allow a man to have intercourse with his wife for up to six hours after her death, at least one author delved into a discussion of other weird marriage laws. One I found particularly interesting was the discussion of the fact that apparently, [...]
Breach of Promise to Marry Laws These laws are admittedly no longer on the books, but when I came across this article, I couldn’t resist dredging up the past. The way that these laws worked, is by essentially creating a right to sue the man who breached his promise to marry a woman. The basis [...]
Random Laws of the Day: Los Angeles Beach Laws
No Ball Playing on L.A. Beaches During Summer Months This law has recently received some negative press, which is perhaps unwarranted, as this article explains. What has been circulating the internet is a claim that Los Angeles has instituted a ban on playing games involving anything other than beach balls during peak beach use months, Labor Day [...]
This week’s weird law is thanks to one of my relatives, who found it in the course of searching the internet, presumably, for something other than a weird law. But nonetheless, this one’s pretty funny, at least I think so. Apparently, during the 1990s, New Mexico had what one state senator felt was an over [...]
