One Alabama city is now considering banning mini-skirts and short shorts

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After first proposing an ordinance banning saggy pants, the Dadeville City Council is now considering banning short shorts and mini-skirts.

Dadeville City Councilwoman Stephanie Kelley said it shouldn't just be men who are singled out on their attire.

"My concern is it should be for everybody," Kelley said during Tuesday's council meeting, the Alex City Outlook reported. "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."

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/09/one_alabama_city_is_now_consid.html

This is a city?

Dadeville City Hall

Looks like a repurposed Dennys….

[shenmue]

1. Ugh

[yeoman6987]

7. Perhaps voters should remember this the next time they say my vote doesn't matter

If this person is respected then perhaps this is what the citizens want. Who knows.

[Person 2713]

2. But if someone was covered in a burka they would lose it too

[Binkie The Clown]

3. The Christian Taliban is hard at work dictating morality and doing "god's work". n/t

[RKP5637]

4. These people never give it a break. So glad I don't live in one of these F'ed up places. n/t

[PatrickforO]

12. When we aren't active in our local politics, we risk these people getting elected to local and state

offices, especially in off-year elections. The bottom line is that if we aren't careful, we'll all be living in these f'ed up places. These religious nuts are very dangerous, and only an enlightened populace who is aware of the issues can sweep them back under their rocks.

[RKP5637]

15. Very well said! It is like a disease! n/t

[PatrickforO]

24. A fundamentalist cancer on our nation.

To match the equally terminal cancer of neoliberal capitalism.

Unsustainable, all of it.

[hifiguy]

48. This country is gleefully sacrificing itself at the twin altars

of predatory capitalism and religulous superstition.

The only question is which will kill society first.

[awoke_in_2003]

54. "This country is gleefully sacrificing itself at the twin altars...

of predatory capitalism and religulous superstition"- I should steal that for a sig line.

[hifiguy]

55. Go ahead.

Just credit me.

[awoke_in_2003]

56. But of course. nt

[meow2u3]

5. How about not policing the way people dress?

Instead, why shouldn't politicians control their own urges instead of other people's dress habits?

[PoutrageFatigue]

6. ^^^This^^^

Sick of these prudes....

[RKP5637]

17. ^^^This^^^ n/t

[MisterP]

8. behold, the glory that is 1978 architecture!

trust me, I've seen things that make that building look like St Paul's

[Baitball Blogger]

11. Looks like it was a repurposed gas station.

[MisterP]

14. there's actually a joke:

architect: and remember - spaces are for people!
brutalist: and remember - those people have sinned and must be punished

[PatrickforO]

9. This is what the 'Christian' version of Sharia Law looks like.

Theocracy anyone?

Because, hey, when you mix theocracy with oligarchy you get fascism!

[DFW]

10. I thought these people were AGAINST Sharia law....

It seems that Allah is still U akbar in Dadeville, Alabama.

Do women also now have to wear veils there, too, or are they saving that for next week's ordinance?

[pinboy3niner]

13. Well, as long as they're passing ordinances...

[Mnemosyne]

39. Hey! That's NOT Mr. Whipple! nt

[GoneFishin]

16. Fuck that.

[RKP5637]

18. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[BlueJazz]

19. I agree with the city on this. It could lead to animals showing off their private parts.

[oberliner]

20. City is almost evenly split between whites and blacks population-wise

Must make for some interesting racial dynamics.

[Jim Beard]

21. Did you notice the flag pole. here is anotherone, hope the link works, it's google map

[link:https://www.google.com/maps/@32.831167,-85.7636706,3a,75y,192.2h,97.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWLftkzfNDyoBfU2Dn8Z1eA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664!6m1!1e1?hl=en|

[packman]

22. WE LIKE SHORT SHORTS

?t=5

[Initech]

49. Homer Simpson likes short shorts!

[colsohlibgal]

23. Religious Crackpots Everywhere

What is next, religious zealots wanting us to cover up everything but our faces?

They are insane and should be realized as such.

[spanone]

25. is it 1955?

[leftyladyfrommo]

26. I was the first person at the University of Utah to wear a miniskirt

and I'm very proud of that. Now I don't even own a dress because I never wear them. They are too uncomfortable.

I hope they have a big jail because they are going to need it.

Dumb, dumb, dumb. Why is anyone wasting time on this? I really don't like seeing guys wearing pants with their underwear hanging out down below their butts but I don't think it should be banned.

[niyad]

28. at my high school, they tried to ban both mini-skirts and granny dresses at the same time. I

enquired whether the school board was composed of idiots, or crazy people.

while I find the sagging thing unappealing (to say the least), I find myself deciding each time I spot such, whether to laugh, to enquire whether they realized they hadn't finished dressing, asking them how they could walk with the crotch around their knees, or simply ignoring them. generally it is the last one, since I believe that at least some do it for attention.

[leftyladyfrommo]

50. Have you seen them fall down?

They have to hold them up with one hand and if they let go to open a door or something they fall down and they are standing there in their underpants. Hilarious.

[Android3.14]

27. It's because conservatives want to ruin the economy

High hemlines are good for the economy, I hear.

[niyad]

29. these people are actually getting paid?

[pinboy3niner]

31. City Hall was more productive when it was a Popeye's

[Eleanors38]

33. Actually, they're not getting laid.

[lunatica]

30. So what was wrong with baggy sagging pants?

It's not for everybody, but I've never seen a person's backside skin. Only brand new boxer underpants are shown. What's wrong with that? It may not be everyone's idea of fashion. but, nonetheless, it is fashion.

Leave people's clothing preferences alone. Jeez!

[pinboy3niner]

32. The Plumbers' Union is starting to get very nervous about this

[Eleanors38]

35. Yeah, don't want to get caught in a trap.

[lunatica]

36. They could demand on turning it into a fashion issue if they tried

Funny thing is, it would probably work!

[msanthrope]

45. It's a drain on morale. nt

[niyad]

34. I have seen bare skin, ugly old boxers, and some unidentifiable things. my only question is, "how in

the hell do they walk dressed like that?"

[lunatica]

38. Very wide stance walking

and they hold their pants up with one hand in the front.

[hifiguy]

46. Same here.

Pretty gross when you're just walking down the street.

[damnedifIknow]

37. Hell, these nuts don't like anything

Just ban everything in one big swoop. People of Dadeville you are hereby notified that starting today everything is banned.

[hifiguy]

44. Everything that is not mandatory is forbidden.

Everything that is not forbidden is mandatory.

[Warren DeMontague]

40. They're called "Daisy Dukes", not "Sherman Shorts", ffs.

you'd think these folks would be more interested in "protecting their heritage"

[struggle4progress]

41. Dadeville (population c. 3000) is the county seat of Tallapoosa County, which has one inhabitant

for every eleven acres. It sounds like they can't decide whether they want to be a quiet conservative retirement community or a supply hub for recreation at Lake Martin

[KamaAina]

42. I thought the Footloose town was in Texas?

[hifiguy]

43. A gas station, a post office

and a stylish restaurant called "Eats."

I don't think they even have one horse.

[dembotoz]

47. why i snicker when i see posts about the end of the gop

they are fucken strong as hell in big parts on this god forsaken county

[Cleita]

51. Sounds like the Taliban has taken over Alabama. eom

[KentuckyWoman]

52. Does Frank Goodman dress like THIS?

Jesus wore this in public at his death and was not ashamed.


If Frank Goodman is worried about respect then maybe he should try respecting women enough to stop ogling them like nothing but sex objects and assuming every young woman who dares to show skin is a slut.

[NightWatcher]

53. What about "freedom" and less government?

Have they solved all the other ills of that hick town?