Josh and Stephanie McDonald want to get tattoos. A parlor wants to give them tattoos. Two consenting adults want to exchange money for a service. Yet South Carolina state law keeps them apart, as if they were kids at a religious school dance, being told to make room for the Holy Ghost between them.
South Carolina law bars tattoo parlors from operating within 1,000 feet of a church, school, or playground. In Charleston, near where the McDonalds live, that leaves scant real estate for a tattoo parlor to operate. Further, the state bars any tattoo parlor from inking people on their heads, faces, or necks, a practice that has grown in popularity over the past decade. If you’re not currently listening to a musical artist with a face full of tattoos, here’s a reminder that you’re probably due for a colonoscopy.
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