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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: oldbox who wrote (112182)	12/12/2000 1:17:01 PM
From: brutusdog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

America is full of antiquated laws. Seducing a single woman could land a man in prison for five years. If, that is, an old felony statute still on Michigan books were ever enforced. Antiquated laws technically in effect include a statute making adultery a felony, and making blasphemy or swearing in front of women and children a misdemeanor. In Maryville, a 17-year-old boy was arrested last month on charges of violating an old city ordinance when he raised his middle finger at a coach. Although the ordinance remains on city books, the charge was dismissed because another court had found that restricting such a gesture, offensive or not, is protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Some of the old laws are clearly unconstitutional and unenforceable, but there's no push to erase them.