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A large number of hoax or exaggerated dumb laws are circulated on the internet and in the print media. [1] [2] Several books have been written and numerous listicles exist on the internet purporting to list "dumb laws" in various jurisdictions. The "dumb laws" are also often circulated via e-mail chain letters. [1]
Thus ugly laws were methods by which lawmakers attempted to remove the poor from sight. [3]: 31–32 Laws similar to Chicago's followed in Denver, Colorado, and Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1889. At some time from 1881 to 1890 an ugly law was enacted in Omaha, Nebraska. [10] Additionally, ugly laws were sparked by the Panic of 1893.
The Laws of Life: Halliday Sutherland: 1935 Non-fiction Banned in the Irish Free State for discussing sex education and Calendar-based contraceptive methods – even though The Laws of Life had been granted a Cum permissu superiorum endorsement by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster. [169] Honourable Estate: Vera Brittain: 1936 Novel
Here are some of the weirdest laws in the U.S: Alabama has a distaste for fake mustaches. They are illegal to wear to church with the purpose of making others laugh.
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School districts in 26 states have banned or opened investigations into more than 1,100 books, according to an April 2022 report from PEN America.
This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...