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Banned in America, 2013 Edition: Conversion Therapy, Eating Horse Meat, Plus Many More

Grab tight your freedoms, America: The country's collective legislatures are unleashing a torrent of new regulations.
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Grab tight your freedoms, America: The country's collective legislatures are unleashing a torrent of new bans. Hundreds of laws going into effect in 2013 will regulate everything from how many cats a person can own to whether employers can ask for Facebook access. Forthwith, find some of the more unusual bans of the year at the city and state levels. Readers desiring non-U.S. banning news will have to suffice with Israel outlawing anorexic models and the U.K.'s infamous "Beer Monster."

KENTUCKY HAS BANNED...