NAACP will be all over this..
Atlanta Considers Banning Baggy Pants
Atlanta (WXIA-TV) - Baggy pants that show boxer shorts or thongs would be illegal under a proposed amendment to Atlanta's indecency laws.
The amendment -- sponsored by Atlanta city councilman C.T. Martin -- states that sagging pants are an "epidemic" that is becoming a "major concern" around the country.
Martin says he doesn't want young people thinking that being half-dressed is the way to go.
The proposed ordinance would also bar women from showing the strap of a thong beneath their pants.
The proposed ordinance states that "the indecent exposure of his or her undergarments" would be unlawful in a public place. It would go in the same portion of the city code that outlaws sex in public.
Martin says the penalty would be a fine.
But American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia executive director Debbie Seagraves said any legislation that creates a dress code would not survive a court challenge. She says the law could not be enforced in a nondiscriminatory way because it targets something that came out of the black youth culture.
Martin, who is black, says he plans to hold public hearings and vet the proposal through churches, civil rights groups and neighborhood organizations. The proposal will get its first public airing next Tuesday in the City Council's Public Safety Committee.
Atlanta (WXIA-TV) - Baggy pants that show boxer shorts or thongs would be illegal under a proposed amendment to Atlanta's indecency laws.
The amendment -- sponsored by Atlanta city councilman C.T. Martin -- states that sagging pants are an "epidemic" that is becoming a "major concern" around the country.
Martin says he doesn't want young people thinking that being half-dressed is the way to go.
The proposed ordinance would also bar women from showing the strap of a thong beneath their pants.
The proposed ordinance states that "the indecent exposure of his or her undergarments" would be unlawful in a public place. It would go in the same portion of the city code that outlaws sex in public.
Martin says the penalty would be a fine.
But American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia executive director Debbie Seagraves said any legislation that creates a dress code would not survive a court challenge. She says the law could not be enforced in a nondiscriminatory way because it targets something that came out of the black youth culture.
Martin, who is black, says he plans to hold public hearings and vet the proposal through churches, civil rights groups and neighborhood organizations. The proposal will get its first public airing next Tuesday in the City Council's Public Safety Committee.
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Now they will tell you how to wear your clothes.....? 0 -
They can't wear their crappola like that in schools around here. 0 -
can't wear that crap in schools here either. Kids and some parents have been fighting it but have gotten no where. 0 -
Personally I think it's crap. I don't think they should be able to restrict the way a person dresses. Even with their pants pulled up the buttheads will still be a problem. 0 -
their not talking school, their talking anywhere in the city, just the kinda power any level of government needs 0 -
The baggy pants showing a pair of boxers are gross. The baggy pants showing a thong, especially a thong on the toned little bottom of a Brazilian senorita, for example, are an important and constitutionally protected form of self-expression and free speech. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by mlincoln
The baggy pants showing a pair of boxers are gross. The baggy pants showing a thong, especially a thong on the toned little bottom of a Brazilian senorita, for example, are an important and constitutionally protected form of self-expression and free speech.
yeah, what he said.0 -
quote:Originally posted by drjew
quote:Originally posted by mlincoln
The baggy pants showing a pair of boxers are gross. The baggy pants showing a thong, especially a thong on the toned little bottom of a Brazilian senorita, for example, are an important and constitutionally protected form of self-expression and free speech.
yeah, what he said.
agreed, but a weight limit would be nice0 -
Long live the thong! 
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Did you hear that the NAACP came out and said that Michael Vic deserves to be forgiven his crimes after paying his debt to society and allowed to return to Pro Football.
That all sounds well and good. But the curious thing is that I haven't heard them say that for Imus.0 -
"But American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia executive director Debbie Seagraves said any legislation that creates a dress code would not survive a court challenge. She says the law could not be enforced in a nondiscriminatory way because it targets something that came out of the black youth culture."
What???????????0 -
quote:Originally posted by HandgunHTR52
"But American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia executive director Debbie Seagraves said any legislation that creates a dress code would not survive a court challenge. She says the law could not be enforced in a nondiscriminatory way because it targets something that came out of the black youth culture."
What???????????
She's right about the court challenge. This is a waste of taxpayer money. It is also a very slippery slop that I don't think we want to go down even though I don't like the baggy pants fashion. What's next? How about we ban mean looking military looking weapons? Oh yea, they tried that one and it failed too.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Fatstrat
Did you hear that the NAACP came out and said that Michael Vic deserves to be forgiven his crimes after paying his debt to society and allowed to return to Pro Football.
That all sounds well and good. But the curious thing is that I haven't heard them say that for Imus.
but he did not even commit a crime0 -
It isn't about government power, or a slippery slope,.....it's about "indecent exposure"!
Years ago some one dressing like that, would have had their azz beat, and run out of town.
That crap came from the black population, and was followed by the lazy white parents, allowing the "lowest common denominator" to become the norm.
I personally get sick of being out somewhere, and seeing some "punk" holding up his drawers, while his entire backside, in boxers are exposed,...........usually accompanied by playing with their "johnson", all the time too, in public!
Geez!0 -
quote:Originally posted by HavegunJoe
quote:Originally posted by HandgunHTR52
"But American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia executive director Debbie Seagraves said any legislation that creates a dress code would not survive a court challenge. She says the law could not be enforced in a nondiscriminatory way because it targets something that came out of the black youth culture."
What???????????
My "what" was directed at the second sentence in her quote. Every law on the books could have that test (being inforced in a nondiscriminatory way) applied to it and fail.
Making meth labs illegal cannot be inforced in a nondiscriminatory way because it targets something that comes out of poor-white-trash culture. Get my drift?
She's right about the court challenge. This is a waste of taxpayer money. It is also a very slippery slop that I don't think we want to go down even though I don't like the baggy pants fashion. What's next? How about we ban mean looking military looking weapons? Oh yea, they tried that one and it failed too.0 -
I've got a neighbor that is a cop and one day we got to BSing and the subject of the stupid pants came up.
He started laughing and telling me about how many times they can catch them quick because their pants fall down and they trip.[;)]
I see them walking around all the time, either having to hold them up with one hand or having to walk with their legs spread apart so they can hold them up.
Dumb a sses.
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By the way, Mr. ACLU, "Saturday Night Specials" also came out of the Black culture and need to be protected by your organization. 0
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