"If such an act were performed on the main street of Richmond, Maine, the police would have hauled off the couple to the lock-up."

...unless of course they'd spent more than $2000.00 in the local tourist trade, then they'd have given them a room upgrade and a box of Trojans
courtesy of the local chemist, with a special inscription which
read 'Rhde' until in use, then transformed to read 'Richmond, Me' along
with a coupon for a free lobster dinner.

(I call BS)