Louisiana, in the United States is debating passing a law that makes it a crime to wear low slung pants. This is not the first time they have tried to do this.
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House Bill 1626, also known as the "Baggy Pants Bill" states: "It shall be unlawful for any person to appear in public wearing his pants below his waist and thereby exposing his skin or intimate clothing." State Representative Derrick Shepherd's bill would make any violator subject to three eight-hour days of community service and up to a fine of $175. That means the local teens on the basketball court are going to have to keep their pants up, too. https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4963512/ |
I think this is ridiculous, even though I don't agree with that type of clothing, I don't think a guy has the right to tell people who they don't even know what kind of clothes they can wear or not. If the people are in a religious organizations and the organizations have certain rules of proper clothing, then I would understand but that would be only the ocassion I could agree with it.
I'm sure part of this may have to do with gang activity. It seems to be the new "thing" (or not so new, I guess, it's been around for a few years) for men to wear their pants anywhere from just below the hip line to literally BELOW their butts -- so their pants waistline is around the tops of their thighs. Absurd! And it's mostly young men and boys who are in dangerous street gangs.
If the government cannot outlaw gay marriage, what hope do they have of instituting the Fashion Police to outlaw gangs???
In my outraged opinion.
Roz