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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 01:29 AM Sep 2015

Alabama Town To Ban Saggy Pants and Too-Short Shorts After Councilman ‘Prayed About This’

Source: Raw Story 12 SEP 2015 AT 14:24 ET

A small Alabama town is about to turn their cops into fashion police by passing an ordinance banning saggy pants and too-short shorts that expose too much butt to city residents, reports the Alex City Outlook.

“We have people walking down the street with their hand in front of them holding up their pants,” Dadeville City Councilman Frank Goodman said. “Then they have the nerve to walk into a place of business and ask for a job. If you come to my house you are going to pull them up before you get on my property, much less in my door. I prayed about this. I know that God would not go around with pants down.”

Dubbed the “Saggy Pants Ordinance,” city council member Stephanie Kelley opted to include women who wear too short dresses or booty shorts. “My concern is it should be for everybody,” Kelley said at Tuesday’s Council meeting. “I think for the girls, with these shorts up so high looking like under garments and dresses so short, I don’t want us to be showing favoritism.” “It is about respect,” Goodman explained. The reason I brought this up is I think people deserve respect when they are in public. I think slacking is disrespectful. I think it gives our younger generation the wrong impression of what is cool.”

Other council members agreed with the plan, with James Tarpley saying, “I have heard more favorable positive comments about us even considering this than I have on anything else since I have been on the council.” The city attorney, who had already been working on the saggy pants portion of the proposal said he would have the ordinance prepared by the next council meeting, saying that adding women’s clothes would “take a little more creativity on my part.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/fashion-police-alabama-town-to-ban-saggy-pants-and-too-short-shorts-after-councilman-prayed-about-this/

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Alabama Town To Ban Saggy Pants and Too-Short Shorts After Councilman ‘Prayed About This’ (Original Post) big_dog Sep 2015 OP
Maybe they can include being to fat in public. OhWiseOne Sep 2015 #1
are you meaning to fat shame? irisblue Sep 2015 #2
I rather doubt that. MADem Sep 2015 #7
We've got trouble right here in River City. olegramps Sep 2015 #33
Not so sure about the short shorts thing..... lobodons Sep 2015 #3
What about saggy chin fat npk Sep 2015 #4
Yoga pants at Walmart DJ13 Sep 2015 #5
way too sexy for me big_dog Sep 2015 #8
why not girl's cleavage? LittleGirl Sep 2015 #6
They are already throwing girls out for showing collar bones! csziggy Sep 2015 #39
ugh! n/t LittleGirl Sep 2015 #41
God Hates Sags trusty elf Sep 2015 #9
Yes JohnnyRingo Sep 2015 #35
DUzie! Roland99 Sep 2015 #55
Burka laws Geronimoe Sep 2015 #10
If I lived there I'd be sagging one day rpannier Sep 2015 #11
If God created Adam in his image and did not give him any clothes then I imagine CBGLuthier Sep 2015 #12
Why do you think Gawd won't let us see him? LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #17
Man created the Christian "God" in Man's own image, with a fragile ego in need of constant praise.. vkkv Sep 2015 #49
Next thing you know, they'll ban dancing LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2015 #13
Right there with you mdbl Sep 2015 #15
I'm guessing he was praying for... 47of74 Sep 2015 #14
"I know that God would not go around with pants down." Chemisse Sep 2015 #16
God wears pants? Who knew! hobbit709 Sep 2015 #18
I never thought of God that way - LiberalElite Sep 2015 #29
I always thought that god was going commando under that white dress he wears. n/t A Simple Game Sep 2015 #32
These people have no sense of humor. Vinca Sep 2015 #19
Saw a video of a guy running from the cops Kotya Sep 2015 #38
I saw a video of a young black man with his pants christx30 Sep 2015 #51
I saw a young man today TexasBushwhacker Sep 2015 #64
THIS from the same bunch... gregcrawford Sep 2015 #20
Do they still ban "marital aids?" Archae Sep 2015 #21
There are several communities with ordinances like this. 7962 Sep 2015 #22
In the 80s, Global Cooling was a concern. Kotya Sep 2015 #37
Pantaloons and Bell-Bottoms too? bucolic_frolic Sep 2015 #23
Of the 7.12 billion gods created MyNameGoesHere Sep 2015 #24
Nothing worse than a saggy burkha. Fuddnik Sep 2015 #25
the next election the younger folks in the town should turn out & vote out the dress police Sunlei Sep 2015 #26
It's a whole lot harder than you think. JoeyT Sep 2015 #60
Everyplace should be like Dadeville, AL - LiberalElite Sep 2015 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalElite Sep 2015 #28
How about banning stupid people on councils. GoneFishin Sep 2015 #30
I think he should pray that god.... paleotn Sep 2015 #31
A few things stood out as I read this... JohnnyRingo Sep 2015 #34
And the councilman found that god had the same tastes in fashion that he did. cpwm17 Sep 2015 #36
fox Eatacig Sep 2015 #40
And I have absolutely no problem with that...... 7962 Sep 2015 #42
Councilman Goodman obviously doesn't understand . . . OldRedneck Sep 2015 #43
This southern woman did not own a pair even when she might have looked good in them TNNurse Sep 2015 #44
Well of course, those Daisy Shorts were / are owned by the costuming dept and for her to wear the vkkv Sep 2015 #50
ditto this southern woman. stage left Sep 2015 #52
Even Hollywood's mocking of southern hicks is closer to reality vkkv Sep 2015 #46
I do hope this fixes all the problems in this town. TNNurse Sep 2015 #45
No Freedom Allowed, Clothes Style is NOT free speech! No SOUTHERN BASHING at D.U. !! vkkv Sep 2015 #47
The worst criimes are committed by people in ties. Why not ban ties? Gregorian Sep 2015 #48
What could POSSIBLY go wrong? n/t TygrBright Sep 2015 #53
God probably wouldn't go around with skid marks in his shorts either. Would you ban that too? t/y jtuck004 Sep 2015 #54
lame rednecks rockfordfile Sep 2015 #56
I get a boner when I see girls'es butts... Iggo Sep 2015 #57
This is something above first world problems. Rex Sep 2015 #58
How does the plumbers' local union feel about this? graegoyle Sep 2015 #59
Sumptuary laws are always a bad idea... malthaussen Sep 2015 #61
And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people need not apply" One_Life_To_Give Sep 2015 #62
Who likes short shorts? We like short shorts! Initech Sep 2015 #63
 

lobodons

(1,290 posts)
3. Not so sure about the short shorts thing.....
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 01:41 AM
Sep 2015

But YES YES YES god almighty already, YES YES YES on the droopy pants thing!!!!!!!

LittleGirl

(8,291 posts)
6. why not girl's cleavage?
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 02:15 AM
Sep 2015

come on! Let's cover up for the LORD. There's no reason why anyone should see cleavage too!

csziggy

(34,137 posts)
39. They are already throwing girls out for showing collar bones!
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 11:27 AM
Sep 2015

Forget cleavage - just shoulders or collarbones are enough to get some people hot.

Woodford County Dress Code Alterations?
Updated: Aug 17, 2015 10:46 PM EST

A meeting at Woodford County High School Monday evening discussed if the decade-old dress code should be changed, after pictures of a student showing her collarbone went viral.

Maggie Sunseri, a student at Woodford County High, made a documentary about the subject where girls discussed their experience with the dress code.

<SNIP>

The subject got national attention when Stephanie Hughes' mother took pictures of her daughter and posted them on Facebook asking if her outfit was inappropriate.

Her daughter's outfit shows her collarbone, something that violates the current school policy.

More: http://www.lex18.com/story/29808271/woodford-county-dress-code-alterations


Lone Peak sparks controversy after asking girl to wear coat over dress at dance
By Chris Jones Tuesday, January 27th 2015

(KUTV) A Lone Peak High School student was told her dress must be covered up because it was too inappropriate for the Preference Dance at the school last Saturday.

Gabi Finlayson says she was "embarrassed," when a representative from the school approached her as she entered the dance and told her she needed to wear a shawl or a coat to cover her shoulders.

"She said, 'Would you mind putting on a shawl?' I didn't want to make a big scene so I said, yes. I had a coat in the car so I had to go back and get it," she said.

Finlayson says she was angry after she was forced to wear her winter coat over her dress the entire dance, she says she felt as though the school was shaming her for what some of the boys might think.

More: http://kutv.com/news/local/lone-peak-sparks-controversy-after-asking-girl-to-wear-coat-over-dress-at-dance
 

Geronimoe

(1,539 posts)
10. Burka laws
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 03:22 AM
Sep 2015

Just cover the entire body and face.

It seems war crimes and financial fraud are okay and saggy pants are illegal.

rpannier

(24,338 posts)
11. If I lived there I'd be sagging one day
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 03:34 AM
Sep 2015

and wearing short-shorts the next until I was cited then I'd sue

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
12. If God created Adam in his image and did not give him any clothes then I imagine
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 03:48 AM
Sep 2015

God walked around naked. Totally swinging dick naked.

 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
49. Man created the Christian "God" in Man's own image, with a fragile ego in need of constant praise..
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 12:36 PM
Sep 2015

vengeful, likes gold, beautiful angels, HATES saggy pants and naked women! - oh wait, cancel that last one.

Vinca

(50,303 posts)
19. These people have no sense of humor.
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 07:50 AM
Sep 2015

One of the funniest things I ever saw was a skinny kid walking down Main Street and his saggy pants fell down. All the way down. From cool to fool in a second.

 

Kotya

(235 posts)
38. Saw a video of a guy running from the cops
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 11:05 AM
Sep 2015

He was breaking away from them only to get tripped up when his pants fell to his ankles.

I imagine him falling to the ground thinking, "this fashion is stupid!"

christx30

(6,241 posts)
51. I saw a video of a young black man with his pants
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 12:59 PM
Sep 2015

around his mid thighs. Guys shooting the video from a car shouted some racial epithets at him. Guy started running after them and tripped on his own pants.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,214 posts)
64. I saw a young man today
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 11:43 PM
Sep 2015

His pants wear below his butt in the back and he was wear neon yellow underwear. It's a fad that I hope will die soon.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
20. THIS from the same bunch...
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 08:02 AM
Sep 2015

... of sanctimonious jerks that are always screeching about FREEDOM! and LIBERTY! What they fail to mention is that it's all about THEIR freedom to tell US what to do. We get the freedom to obey. Fuck that.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
22. There are several communities with ordinances like this.
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 08:08 AM
Sep 2015

I dont think they've ever been found illegal because they apply to everyone.
And it does have to be the stupidest "fashion statement" since draping an unused sweater around your neck in the 80s

bucolic_frolic

(43,281 posts)
23. Pantaloons and Bell-Bottoms too?
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 08:15 AM
Sep 2015

Pantaloons are saggy, they just don't fall down.

Bell-Bottoms don't fall down but they could be described as saggy
below the knees.

Weight-loss pants fall down too. This will require all new wardrobes
for big losers.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
26. the next election the younger folks in the town should turn out & vote out the dress police
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 09:16 AM
Sep 2015

Be easy to do in a small town like that. Take a look at their council page, they don't do much anyway.

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
60. It's a whole lot harder than you think.
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 12:32 AM
Sep 2015

I grew up in a town like that in Alabama and the only people from my generation that are still there are the people that utterly could not escape.

Everyone else moved as soon as they could. There aren't really any young people in towns like that. By the time you're old enough to vote, you're either addicted to drugs, have 2-3 kids keeping you there, or you're leaving a trail of burned rubber getting the hell out.

Response to big_dog (Original post)

paleotn

(17,956 posts)
31. I think he should pray that god....
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 09:34 AM
Sep 2015

....will give him something more useful to spend his apparently ample amount of spare time on.

JohnnyRingo

(18,641 posts)
34. A few things stood out as I read this...
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 09:58 AM
Sep 2015
"If you come to my house you are going to pull them up before you get on my property"

She has every right to restrict people at his house based on their manner of dress. He can't expect the same right when she leaves home.

"I prayed about this. I know that God would not go around with pants down.”

Her prayer remains unanswered, that should perhaps indicate to her that The Almighty is unconcerned with her standards.

"It is about respect."

Respect is earned, not legislated.

"I think it gives our younger generation the wrong impression of what is cool.”

Nobody will ever think this councilman is in any way the measure of cool.

“I have heard more favorable positive comments about us even considering this than I have on anything else since I have been on the council.”

Her closest friends, the ones she sees regularly, openly agree with her.

"...adding women’s clothes would “take a little more creativity on my part.”

The city attorney knows short skirts have been around since the late '40s, and people like them.

It's time for the voters to clean house of stupid leaders in this "small Alabama town".
 

cpwm17

(3,829 posts)
36. And the councilman found that god had the same tastes in fashion that he did.
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 10:13 AM
Sep 2015

It's weird how that works.

 

Eatacig

(97 posts)
40. fox
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 11:28 AM
Sep 2015

So does that mean they are banning fox news in their state. Those women wear dresses
so short that they have to sit like statues to stop people from seeing their crotch.

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
43. Councilman Goodman obviously doesn't understand . . .
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 11:57 AM
Sep 2015

Councilman Goodman obviously doesn't understand the importance of "Daisy Dukes" to Southern women. Every Southern woman has at least one pair of Daisy Dukes -- some of them shouldn't be seen in public but that's another topic.

For you damnyankees, "Daisy Dukes" are very short cut-off jeans named after the lead female character on the old TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard."

Here's Daisy wearing her "Daisy Dukes:"





TNNurse

(6,929 posts)
44. This southern woman did not own a pair even when she might have looked good in them
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 12:11 PM
Sep 2015

QUIT WITH THE SOUTHERN GENERALIZATIONS.

 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
50. Well of course, those Daisy Shorts were / are owned by the costuming dept and for her to wear the
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 12:50 PM
Sep 2015

same off studio lot could result in a breach of contract lawsuit against her.


Generalizations are created over time by first and second parties having similar experiences regarding a third party.

Generalizations often have some truth to them.

Have you ever left a generalized comment on "gun-nuts" or "Republicans" or "conservatives" or "Bible-thumpers" or "lawyers"? Ever?


Society could never function without assumptions and generalizations.


 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
46. Even Hollywood's mocking of southern hicks is closer to reality
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 12:23 PM
Sep 2015

and more accurate in describing actual persons.

Who KNEW that they were THESE BIG ALABAMA idiots!!
 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
47. No Freedom Allowed, Clothes Style is NOT free speech! No SOUTHERN BASHING at D.U. !!
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 12:25 PM
Sep 2015

Uh-Hyuck ! !
 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
54. God probably wouldn't go around with skid marks in his shorts either. Would you ban that too? t/y
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 03:34 PM
Sep 2015

rockfordfile

(8,704 posts)
56. lame rednecks
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 06:31 PM
Sep 2015

lame conservative rednecks. A city ordinance?lol only a right wing conservative will come up with this crap. The conservative religious nutjobs just happen to have a itch for something they don't like.

what's next you can only have a certain color hair?

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
58. This is something above first world problems.
Sun Sep 13, 2015, 09:13 PM
Sep 2015

If that is all the town has to worry about, they are in for a surprise when one of the kids rents Footloose by mistake on Netflix.

malthaussen

(17,216 posts)
61. Sumptuary laws are always a bad idea...
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 09:13 AM
Sep 2015

... unless, of course, one is hoping to raise revenues by fining offenders.

-- Mal

One_Life_To_Give

(6,036 posts)
62. And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 09:36 AM
Sep 2015


While I may not care for youths fashion choices. I am so reminded that we have been there, got the T-Shirt.
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