Okla-homey
10/10/2007, 05:55 AM
...that wouldn't be a problem elsewhere. Unconstitutional? Absolutely. Still on the books? Ubetcha!:O
Passed at the height of the Oklahoma socialist movement in the 1920's.
Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
Chapter 9 - Offenses Related to Flags
Section 374 - Display of Red Flag or Emblem of Disloyalty
Any person in this state, who shall carry or cause to be carried, or publicly display any red flag or other emblem or banner, indicating disloyalty to the Government of the United States or a belief in anarchy or other political doctrines or beliefs, whose objects are either the disruption or destruction of organized government, or the defiance of the laws of the United States or of the State of Oklahoma, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary of the State of Oklahoma for a term not exceeding ten (10) years, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by both such imprisonment and fine.
This law is also why we changed the state flag from this one...
http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/29758/2003805177823332454_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003805177823332454)
first Oklahoma state flag which flew from 1911-1924 (there was no official state flag from 1907-1911).
The flag was changed during the post-WWI paranoia era because of the flag's association with Socialism.
Passed at the height of the Oklahoma socialist movement in the 1920's.
Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
Chapter 9 - Offenses Related to Flags
Section 374 - Display of Red Flag or Emblem of Disloyalty
Any person in this state, who shall carry or cause to be carried, or publicly display any red flag or other emblem or banner, indicating disloyalty to the Government of the United States or a belief in anarchy or other political doctrines or beliefs, whose objects are either the disruption or destruction of organized government, or the defiance of the laws of the United States or of the State of Oklahoma, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary of the State of Oklahoma for a term not exceeding ten (10) years, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by both such imprisonment and fine.
This law is also why we changed the state flag from this one...
http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/29758/2003805177823332454_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003805177823332454)
first Oklahoma state flag which flew from 1911-1924 (there was no official state flag from 1907-1911).
The flag was changed during the post-WWI paranoia era because of the flag's association with Socialism.