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Virginia Passes Bill, Don't Let Those Polos and Girbauds Hang Low
Thursday - February 10, 2005
by Carl Chery
Virginia's House of Delegates recently passed a bill allowing a $50 fine to people who wear pants that expose their underwear.
The new bill will target those who wear baggy, sagging pants or low riding pants that reveal underwear in a "lewd or indecent manner." Del. Lionell Spruill Sr., a Black democrat, objected to the bill and asked his colleagues to remember their own outrageous fashion statements.
During a lengthy monologue this past Monday, Spruill recalled how he and his peers dressed and wore their hair in their youth. The next day, Spruill said the bill was an "unconstitutional attack on young Blacks" that would likely cause parents to miss work to take their kids to court for expressing their own fashion sense.
"This is a foolish bill, Mr. Speaker, because it will hurt so many," Spruill declared before the measure was approved 60-34.
The bill is now on its way to the state Senate. The bill's sponsor, Del. Algie T. Howell, who is also African American, said constituents took offense to the low pants and exposed underwear. He didn't comment on the floor Tuesday.
Source:Sohh.com
Virginia Passes Bill, Don't Let Those Polos and Girbauds Hang Low
Thursday - February 10, 2005
by Carl Chery
Virginia's House of Delegates recently passed a bill allowing a $50 fine to people who wear pants that expose their underwear.
The new bill will target those who wear baggy, sagging pants or low riding pants that reveal underwear in a "lewd or indecent manner." Del. Lionell Spruill Sr., a Black democrat, objected to the bill and asked his colleagues to remember their own outrageous fashion statements.
During a lengthy monologue this past Monday, Spruill recalled how he and his peers dressed and wore their hair in their youth. The next day, Spruill said the bill was an "unconstitutional attack on young Blacks" that would likely cause parents to miss work to take their kids to court for expressing their own fashion sense.
"This is a foolish bill, Mr. Speaker, because it will hurt so many," Spruill declared before the measure was approved 60-34.
The bill is now on its way to the state Senate. The bill's sponsor, Del. Algie T. Howell, who is also African American, said constituents took offense to the low pants and exposed underwear. He didn't comment on the floor Tuesday.
Source:Sohh.com
