7 verified laws filed under Marriage & Relationships, each checked against the statute and sourced.
Zanzibar's Penal Code criminalizes 'gross indecency' and 'unnatural offences,' making same-sex public displays of affection — including kissing — arrestable offences. However, the popular claim that all kissing in public is illegal oversimplifies the law, which specifically targets same-sex conduct rather than heterosexual kissing.
The claim that Czech law specifically bans naming a child after a product brand or trademark is false. Czech naming law restricts names that are offensive, diminutive, gender-inappropriate, or not used as a name anywhere in the world — but contains no specific trademark or brand-name prohibition.
For decades, Saudi Arabia's religious police banned the sale of red roses, heart-shaped gifts, and all Valentine's Day paraphernalia around February 14. The enforcement regime effectively collapsed in 2016 — not 2018 — when a royal decree stripped the religious police of their arrest powers.
France legally permits 'posthumous marriage' (mariage posthume) under Article 171 of the French Civil Code. A surviving partner can marry their deceased fiancé(e), but only with presidential approval and under strict conditions proving the deceased had clearly consented to the union before death.
Under Delaware Code Title 13, Chapter 15, Section 1506(a)(6), Delaware courts shall enter a decree of annulment when one or both parties entered into the marriage "as a jest or dare." The aggrieved spouse must file for annulment within 90 days of discovering the true nature of the marriage.
TRUE! Any person who intentionally obstructs or disturbs a wedding ceremony or funeral—whether secular or religious—is guilty of an offense in South Australia.
MYTH! The story that France banned kissing on train platforms in 1910 is an urban legend. No statute or railway regulation has ever been produced, SNCF—routinely credited with the rule—was not founded until 1938, and SNCF itself treats the tale as hearsay. The famous "no kissing" signs and "kissing zone" come from Warrington, England, not France.