Students may not hold hands while at school.
It is a crime to share your Netflix password in Tennessee.
In Tennessee it is illegal to to post images online that cause “emotional distress” “without legitimate purpose”.
“Crimes against nature” are prohibited.
Ministers are to be dedicated to God and therefore are not eligible to hold a seat in either House of the Legislature.
Any person who participates in a duel may not hold any public office in the state.
Giving and receiving oral sex is still prohibited by law.
Stealing a horse is punishible by hanging.
No Christian parent may require their children to pick up trash from the highway on Easter day.
It is legal to gather and consume roadkill.
You can’t shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.
Hollow logs may not be sold.
More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.
It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
The definition of “dumb animal” includes every living creature.
Interracial marriages are illegal.
Tattooing a minor is a misdemeanor.
It is illegal to dare a child to purchase a beer.
It is illegal to place tacks on a highway.
Skunks may not be carried into the state.
Bell Buckle
One may not throw bottles at a tree.
Dyersburg
It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
Fayette County
You may not have more than five inoperable vehicles on a piece of property.
Kimball
Bar owners may not let patrons make loud, unusual noises.
Knoxville
In front of their buildings, all businesses must have a “hitching post.
Lenior County
When you pull up to a stop sign you must fire a gun out the window to warn horse carriages that you are coming.
Lexington
By law, anyone who has been drinking is “sober” until he or she “cannot hold onto the ground.
It is illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your pocket.
No one may eat ice cream on the sidewalk.
Spitting on the sidewalk is prohibited.
Memphis
Illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man either running or walking in front of it waving a red flag to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians.
It’s illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM.
Panhandlers must first obtain a $10 permit before begging on the streets of downtown Memphis.
It is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners.
Nashville
Spitting is prohibited on sidewalks.
No person may keep a cheetah as a pet.
Males may not be sexually aroused in public.
Anyone rollerblading may not tie his or herself to a moving vehicle on a highway.
No person may roller skate and listen to a personal cd player at the same time.
Throwing stones is prohibited as it might break a window.
To play pinball, one must be 18 years old.
All persons riding scooters must ride in single file.
Oneida
An ordinance forbids anyone to sing the song “It Ain’t Goin’ To Rain No Mo’.
