Back to Church at Rockford #4

It's the Law!

A few laws to enforce proper church behavior...

§         Young girls are never allowed to walk a tightrope in Wheeler, Mississippi, unless it's in a church.

§         In Blackwater, Kentucky, tickling a woman under her chin with a feather duster while she's in church service carries a penalty of $10.00 and one day in jail.

§         No one can eat unshelled, roasted peanuts while attending church in Idanha, Oregon.

§         In Honey Creek, Iowa, no one is permitted to carry a slingshot to church except police.

§         No citizen in Leecreek, Arkansas, is allowed to attend church in any red-colored garment.

§         Swinging a yo-yo in church or anywhere in public on the Sabbath is prohibited in Studley, Virginia.

§         Turtle races are not permitted within 100 yards of a local church at any time in Slaughter, Louisiana.

[From a www.sermoncentral.com newsletter; 6/19/06; Robert W. Pelton; Contributed by A. Todd Coget

Originally in Odd Laws Still on the Books, Citation: Robert W. Pelton in "The Door."  Christian Reader, Vol. 33, no. 5.]