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The Weird History Behind a Michigan Law Against Bumper Sticker Fraud
Are you really the proud parent of a kid at that school?
Earlier this week, the Michigan House of Representatives unanimously voted to repeal a bizarre and long-unenforced law that's been on the state's books since 1929. Section 3 of the Protection of Names and Emblems Act made it a misdemeanor, worth a fine of a hundred bucks, to display on your car "any emblem or insignia of any organization, association, fraternity, lodge, club or order" that you don't belong to.
Not actually a Boy Scout, one of the Knights of Columbus, or a Vietnam Vet? Technically speaking, in Michigan, it's been illegal to plaster stickers suggesting as much on your bumper.