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sam said:

Any in-depth information on the law itself? It seems kind of outrageous to begin with. How is an outright ban justified? Apparently astrologers and similar folk haven’t been too bad menaces to society, considering the police dept wasn’t even aware of the law.
- April 28 2007 at 2:53 pm
Chris Brennan (author) said:

Here is a link to the actual law itself as it is written:
http://members.aol.com/DKM1/18.Cp.71.html
“7104. Fortune telling.
(a) Offense defined.–A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree if he pretends for gain or lucre, to tell fortunes or predict future events, by cards, tokens, the inspection of the head or hands of any person, or by the age of anyone, or by consulting the movements of the heavenly bodies, or in any other manner, or for gain or lucre, pretends to effect any purpose by spells, charms, necromancy, or incantation, or advises the taking or administering of what are commonly called love powders or potions, or prepares the same to be taken or administered, or publishes by card, circular, sign, newspaper or other means that he can predict future events, or for gain or lucre, pretends to enable anyone to get or to recover stolen property, or to tell where lost property is, or to stop bad luck, or to give good luck, or to put bad luck on a person or animal, or to stop or injure the business or health of a person or shorten his life, or to give success in business, enterprise, speculation, and games of chance, or to win the affection of a person, or to make one person marry another, or to induce a person to make or alter a will, or to tell where money or other property is hidden, or to tell where to dig for treasure, or to make a person to dispose of property in favor of another.
(b) Advertising as evidence.–Any publication contrary to this section may be given in evidence to sustain the indictment.
(c) Competency of witnesses.–Any person whose fortune may have been told shall be a competent witness against the person charged with violating this section.”
- April 28 2007 at 2:56 pm
Meredith said:

If someone truly wanted to shut the astrological industry down, using the American legal system would be the most efficient plan of action. I wonder who made this an issue again?
- April 29 2007 at 8:56 am
Mr. S said:

“or in any other manner”
So they should prosecute all the financial analysts and economists who attempt to predict the stock market. An meteorologist predicting the weather. Certainly they are only pretending when we cnsider their track record…
This is a must read, Evans had to defend herself, and won !
http://lovestarz.com/coleman.html#EAcase
- April 29 2007 at 10:13 am
yogini said:

You might want to contact AFAN, an astrological organization that has had a lot of experience with these laws. Here’s the link:
http://www.afan.org/legal.htm
- April 30 2007 at 9:09 am

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