Whoever said "marriage is bliss" clearly didn't protest the insane marriage laws that exist around the world.
For instance, one state has made it illegal to kiss your spouse on Sundays. Another prevents couples from sleeping nude in hotels!
The list of craziness, both before and after marriage, goes on and on. Here are 10+ of them.
Bad news if you're the marrying kind, like these celebs who married the same person multiple times.
If you think about it, this law is actually a good thing. If a marriage hasn't worked three times already, it's probably not a good idea to try again.
Given the fact that this law exists in Salem, we have to wonder if a so-called "witch" caused the need for this rule. So much for a steamy vacay night!
Believe it or not, doing so to seduce a woman means committing a misdemeanor under the Offenses Against Morality and Decency Act.
This is a pretty good way to ensure someone is serious about marriage.
This blue law exists since it's Sunday, the Lord's day.
So if you're in a super romantic mood, you'll have to eat a lot of garlic to prevent yourself from getting thrown in jail.
This law seems a little silly, considering you can have an Elvis impersonator wed you in Las Vegas.
But it does prevent drunk people on Bourbon Street from visiting a fortune teller late at night.
No runaway grooms are allowed there!
As wacky as this law is, it does give people a sigh of relief that their groom can't exactly get cold feet. If they do, they'll find themselves paying for it.
She could be snoring up a storm and the husband can't do a thing!
Maybe this is why it's more common for women to make their husbands sleep on the couch?
If you don't know what married by proxy means, it's when either the bride or groom has someone stand-in for them at their wedding.
Speaking of Montana, it's the only state that allows double-proxy weddings. This basically means that neither the bride nor groom has to show up.
Good news for men who really, really dislike their mother-in-law!
They can pretty much treat their MIL any way they want, which is hopefully with respect regardless of their feelings toward them.
We're not sure why this law exists.
Maybe it's to prevent wives from getting dentures in the first place? It's not the sexiest accessory, after all.
Yes, killing birds is a marriage requirement. Specifically, they have to kill three crows or six blackbirds as a way to prove their manliness.
Montana is the only state that has this law. Unless exempt, it's done to test for rubella immunity. Rubella is a contagious viral infection, also called the German Measles.
The only way couples can bypass this law is if they both file an informed consent form, which means that they acknowledge that they are declining the rubella immunity testing.
