30+ Strange & Weird Sunday Laws (Blue Laws)

30+ Strange & Weird Sunday Laws – Otherwise known as Blue Laws, laws that prohibit things on the Lord’s Day (Sunday). #SundayLaws #BlueLaws

30+ Strange & Weird Sunday Laws (Blue Laws)

These are either laws that use to be in effect or still are in effect. I heard a radio station, J103, mention some while listening to their station. So I thought I would come up with a list for you all. Some of these are called Blue Laws, laws that prevent you from doing things on God’s Day.

1. You cannot eat candy hour and half before church on Sunday. – Salem, West Virginia
2. It’s Illegal to eat ice cream at a counter on Sunday. – Winona Lake, Wisconsin

Those were the two I heard on their radio station. So I figured I would look up more and share them below.

1. One may not carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday. – Georgia
2. You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday. – Rhode Island
3. Mattress sales are strictly prohibited on Sunday. – Washington
4. Picture taking is illegal before noon on Sunday. – Arizona
5. You can’t buy bologna on a Sunday. – Tennessee This one I never heard of and I live in Tennessee!
6. Playing dominoes on Sunday is illegal. – Alabama
7. Cannot eat a hamburger on Sunday. – St. Cloud, Minnesota
8. It’s illegal to sell musical instruments on Sundays. – South Carolina
9. It is illegal to go to bed without bathing, however, in the same state, law prohibits bathing on Sundays. – Massachusetts
10. It is illegal to fish for a whale on Sunday. – Ohio
11. Unmarried women who parachute can be arrested and jailed on a Sunday – Florida
12. It illegal to go fishing alone on Sunday. – Montana
13. Car sales are prohibited on Sunday. – Colorado and New Jersey
14. Car sales are prohibited on Sundays unless it is equipped with onboard plumbing! – Maine
15. Illegal to buy diapers on Sunday. – Texas
16. It is illegal to fart in public after six o’clock in the evening on Sundays – Florida
17. Illegal to cut off a chicken’s head on Sundays. – Georgia
18. You cannot walk down the Broadway street with chickens held upside down by their feet. – Georgia
19. It is illegal to eat a chicken with anything other than a persons hands.- Georgia
20. You can’t order a slice of cherry pie a la mode. – Kansas
21. Banning of marbles, dominoes and yo-yos. – Several States (not sure when ones)
22. It is unlawful to walk one’s cow down Main Street after 1 PM on Sunday. – Arkansas
23. Horse racing is prohibited on Sundays unless authorized by the local municipality. – Illinois
24. Christmas sales are still prohibited on Sunday. – Indiana
25. Sale of alcohol products. – Most States (some states are appealing this law)
26. Professional sports teams are prohibited from playing games before 1 p.m. on a Sunday unless a local law or a local ordinance allows it. – Maryland
27. Many goods and items are restricted from being sold between midnight and noon on Sunday. – North Dakota
28. Organized sports competition on Sundays was illegal until 1931. – Pennsylvania
29. No animal may be hunted on Sunday with the exception of raccoons, which may be hunted until 2:00 AM. – Virginia
30. you’re prohibited from eating cottage cheese after 6 pm on a Sunday. Tampa Bay, FL
31. It is illegal to make a person in church laugh by wearing a fake mustache on Sunday. – Alabama

This just shows you how crazy and weird some of these laws are.

Do you know of any more crazy Blue Laws (laws that prohibit you from doing anything on a Sunday?)

If so, feel free to share any Sunday Laws, Blue Laws or Crazy Laws in the comment and I just might add them to this list.

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A Christian Blogger that enjoys blogging about the Bible, Theology, God, Jesus Christ, Christian Music, Family, Cats, Odd Holidays, sewing and much more. I have been blogging since 2004, however, I have been blogging on Courageous Christian Father since 2012. I enjoy listening to Christian Music. I am married with 1 daughter, 2 step-sons and a step daughter.

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