Libertarians Challenge Puritanical US Blue Laws

America's influential Libertarian Party have launched a campaign to overturn the country's hundreds of bizarre 'Blue laws' which outlaw such activities as growing a goatee beard in Massachusetts.

The regional laws originated during America's first Puritan era in the 17th century and in some States still prohibit such activities as oral sex and homosexuality (in 23 States). Even in America's capital Washington DC, the only sexual position currently legally allowed is the missionary position, indicating how widespread such laws remain.

"We punch above our weight," Libertarian party spokesman George Getz told the Sunday Times.

"So people in Washington listen to us when we expose the idiocy of local politicians and, even more dangerously, lawyers looking for work."

Other notorious blue laws include the rule that it's illegal to go to bed without first taking a bath (in Massachusetts again) while flirting on the street in Little Rock, Arkansas currently remains a crime.
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