Monday, September 6, 2010

Q&A: How can you pass a law legalizing something that is already legal?


Question by Ranger4402: How can you pass a law legalizing something that is already legal?
About five years ago the California legislature passed a law making it legal to breast feed a baby in public. Regardless of your view on public breast feeding, babies get hungry and they need to be fed. So what's my dumb question?

In California it was never illegal to breast feed a baby in public.

How can you pass a law legalizing something that is already legal? If something is not against the law then it is legal. Right?


Best answer:

Answer by Sam Jones
I think it means that breast feeding is not shown as a sign of indecent exposure.

Maybe there was some confusion on the law and the government just wanted to clear it up?

I'm from the UK so am only speculating, but that's my educated guess :)



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