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packman

(16,296 posts) Wed Jun 15, 2016, 11:40 AM Jun 2016

8 Odd Illegal things in 1990

Dance to the Star Spangled Banner - go to jail. Going thru Ebensburg, Pennsylvania in 1990 and not registering that you're a Commie would land you in jail. Women U.S. Senators wearing pants, nope - not in 1990.

Seems as if I remember a law that stated one could not disrespect the U.S. flag by wearing it as an article of clothing.

Other oddities (most of them have disappeared by now) at:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/81301/8-odd-things-were-illegal-90s

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bigwillq

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1. Same-sex marriage

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Wed Jun 15, 2016, 11:55 AM

Jun 2016

Odd that our country, home of the free, would discriminate against all men (and women) that are created equal.

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