Here's something hilarious I learnt today.
Sometime back in the 1970s Oregon had banned intercourse. And I am not talking about in public places, but everywhere. Theoretically, it was illegal to even have sex in the privacy of your house. 😆
This was purely accidental and came to be thanks to a poorly worded ordinance passed by the Florence City Council on November 26, 1977. The original intention was to ban sexual intercourse in view of bystanders but the council unintentionally outlawed sex in private residences as well, lmao 🤣
All thanks to this poorly worded piece
"while in or in view of a public or private place"
The mistake was noticed early on and...thankfully the city officials notified the law abiding citizens a that they had no plans to enforce the new ordinance until a correction was made 😂😂😂
Here's a newspaper segment from back then:
BAN ON SEX ACCIDENTALLY IMPOSED IN OREGON CITY FLORENCE, Ore. (UPD The city of Florence may have stumbled on the simplest and most effective way of checking population growth a ban on sexual intercourse. An ordinance enacted by the city council this week makes it illegal to have sex "while in or in view of a public or private place." When the council enacted the ordinance, members thought they were forbidding lovemaking in public and in private places that could be seen from public places. The council didn't realize that it had ruled out sex in private until several days later. City officials said they would not enforce the new ordinance until it could be amended.. source
And that's how sex was totally banned in Oregon City. Heh.