Two years ago while traveling in Southeast Asia, my wife and I opted out of visiting the Perhentian Islands in Malaysia when we read about a new state (Terengganu) law forbidding bikinis and insisting that men and women swim in seperate pools. Fortunately, those religious extremists have recently been voted out of office but the same mentality seems to be at work down in Louisiana where politicians are formulating a new law forbidding clothes that show skin. Why is the human body so terrifying to these people?
"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." - MSNBC
