Alabama Town Bans Short Shorts and Saggy Pants After Councilman 'Prayed About This'

by M. David and Reagan Ali
Counter Current News
Sep. 15, 2015

A new ordinance in Alabama has turned cops into fashion police. "I prayed about this; I know that God would not go around with pants down," Dadeville City Councilman Frank Goodman said.

"We have people walking down the street with their hand in front of them holding up their pants," Goodman added. "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."

Originally, the council of the Alabama town had targeted saggy pants alone. In fact, the law was proposed as the "Saggy Pants Ordinance," until city council member Stephanie Kelley decided to include women who wear short dresses and shorts.

"My concern is it should be for everybody," Kelley said of the ban 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."

But why do Kelley and Goodman think they should have the right to dictate what people wear?

"It is about respect," Goodman said. "Who is going to respect you if you don't respect yourself. 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."

Council member James Tarpley agreed with the fashion policing, 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 said that banning women's clothes will "take a little more creativity on my part" to write into law.

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