It's always kind of interesting to read those "amusing" laws that are still on the books. For example, there's a law in some state against patent leather shoes to prevent a man from seeing the reflection of something he oughtn't to.

But some of these laws are still being enforced, at least in North Carolina.Debora Hobbs was fired from her job as a 911 operator because she was committing a misdemeanor by living with her boyfriend without getting married.

While this 200-year old law against unmarried cohabitation is only occasionally enforced, it apparently gave her sheriff a good reason for firing her. Hobbs and the ACLU are headed to court, not for wrongful dismissal, but to challenge the constitutionality of the law. According to Hobb's lawyer, there are currently 100,000 unwed couples living together in North Carolina.