Long time since i posted on here regularly but meh, it happens, sorry 
This week I am preaching at Inglewood Community Church. Throughout the month of April we are doing a series called ‘leaving religion behind’. This week I have the task of tackling legalism. Well actually, I’m going to be talking on freedom in Christ but legalism is the antagonist in the equation, that which turns Christianity into ‘religion’. This blog post is not about this though but instead inspired by some of my research. One of the illustrations that I am going to give are strange laws that we find around the world (and mostly in the US of A) Now I have found far too many good ones to use for my sermon so i thought I’d share the overflow here. Now, I make no claim that these are 100% true (though the Aussie ones I’ll use in my sermon I am 95% sure are) but they are funny none the less.
Here we go!
In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00 a.m., and must be done before 4:00 p.m.
In Washington State, you can’t carry a concealed weapon that is over 6 feet in length.
In San Francisco, there is an ordinance, which bans the picking up and throwing of used confetti.
In Michigan, married couples must live together or be imprisoned.
In the state of Colorado, a pet cat, if loose, must have a tail-light.
In California, a law created in 1925 makes it illegal to wiggle while dancing.
In Utah, daylight must be visible between dancing couples
In West Virginia, one can’t cook sauerkraut or cabbage due to the odors and the offence is subject to imprisonment.
In Missouri, a man must have a permit to shave.
In New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts
Gee, we really are good at making dumb laws, aren’t we?
