20 Jaw-Droppingly Weird Laws That Still Exist In America

20. Tennessee - You Cannot Hold Hands In High School

Law's Origin: 2012

Risk of Prosecution: Shameful Stares

The state has been trying to decrease its rate of teenage pregnancies (highest in America) for years, but when sex education classes began including live performances of safe fellatio with toys and condoms, parents had had enough. Tennessee's government quickly passed a law, which outlawed all "gateway sexual activity." 

Since no one, not even those writing the bill, could define what that actually meant, it has since become known as the "no hands holding law."

The real problem is that teens in Tennessee are completely bored. Unless you love getting lost in the wooded mountains there is nothing to do. Install a few more malls; problem solved. And then maybe someone can think up some way to tackle Tennessee's overwhelming drug problem.

Our Rating: Tennessee - first state to regulate laws regarding its own opression