David Bird
12-02-05, 12:29 PM
Pull up your pants or be fined $64
From correspondents in Washington
February 10, 2005
From: Agence France-Presse
FAILING to pull up your pants in Virginia could cost you $US50 ($64) if the southern US state's legislators have their way.
The House chamber in Virginia's General Assembly has voted 60-34 in favor of the so-called "droopy drawers" bill to penalize men and women who wear their pants too low, exposing boxer shorts or sexy thong strings in a "lewd or indecent manner."
"Underwear is called underwear for a reason," said Republican lawmaker John Reid. "Most of us would identify this as the co****ning of society."
The conservative state's Senate must now vote on the legislation, which some opponents denounced as a bill targeting young blacks imitating rap stars wearing loose pants, local media reported. Citizens groups have warned that the proposed law could lead to racial discrimination.
The fashion is not limited to blacks or the United States, making its way around the globe with white actresses and singers also wearing their pants vertiginously low.
Source (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12206737-13762,00.html)
From correspondents in Washington
February 10, 2005
From: Agence France-Presse
FAILING to pull up your pants in Virginia could cost you $US50 ($64) if the southern US state's legislators have their way.
The House chamber in Virginia's General Assembly has voted 60-34 in favor of the so-called "droopy drawers" bill to penalize men and women who wear their pants too low, exposing boxer shorts or sexy thong strings in a "lewd or indecent manner."
"Underwear is called underwear for a reason," said Republican lawmaker John Reid. "Most of us would identify this as the co****ning of society."
The conservative state's Senate must now vote on the legislation, which some opponents denounced as a bill targeting young blacks imitating rap stars wearing loose pants, local media reported. Citizens groups have warned that the proposed law could lead to racial discrimination.
The fashion is not limited to blacks or the United States, making its way around the globe with white actresses and singers also wearing their pants vertiginously low.
Source (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12206737-13762,00.html)