Last week, we wrote about the passing of SB , which repeals a couple of antiquated laws, including the crimes of "seduction of an unmarried woman" and "imputing to any female. You may have heard it said that it is against the law in Oklahoma for a bar owner to allow anyone inside--patron or staff--to pretend to have sex with a buffalo. Technically, this is true, although the law is far less explicit in defining with which animal a person may feign copulation. The Oklahoma statutes in 37 O.
Typically, these laws apply to strip clubs--it's where Oklahoma law states that dancers in these establishments cannot be fully nude and must have their nipples covered. Included in the law is the provision that, "No owner, operator, partner, manager, or person having supervisory control of any establishment licensed to sell or serve intoxicating beverages shall permit. The performance by any person of acts, or simulated acts, of sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation, or any sexual acts which are otherwise prohibited by law.
So, yes. It is against the law for a bar owner to allow a person in the establishment to pretend to have sex with a buffalo--or a flounder, or a kangaroo, or a person. Now that we're through talking about strip clubs, let's go the complete opposite direction to hear what the law in the buckle of the Bible Belt says about how to behave in church. According to state law talking loudly during church is a misdemeanor crime.
State law in 21 O. What is important to note there is the "by any of the acts or things hereinafter enumerated. Uttering any profane discourse, committing any rude or indecent act, or making any unnecessary noise, either within the place where such meeting is held, or so near it as to disturb the order and solemnity of the meeting.
Exhibiting, within one 1 mile, any shows or plays without a license by the proper authority. Engaging in, or aiding or promoting within the like distance, any racing of animals or gaming of any description. Obstructing in any manner, without authority of law, within the like distance, the free passage along any highway to the place of such meeting.
