Louisiana state Rep. Derrick Shepherd really needs a hobby.
Shepherd introduced a bill that would punish anyone that was caught wearing "low-riding" pants with a fine of $500, six months in jail, or both.
The busybody legislator said that he was tired of catching glimpes of boxer shorts and G-strings.
"The community's outraged", he said. "And if parents can't do their job, if parents can't regulate what their children wear, then there should be a law."
No, Mr. Shepherd. There should be a law requiring legislators to mind their own business. It isn't government's job to regulate the type of clothing we wear.
If the bill is passed it would be added to the state's obscenity law, which bans the sale of sexually explicit items, and bans sex acts in public places.
It is not known if the bill would prohibit overweight construction workers, or plumbers from bending over on the job.
Shepherd is a first term lawmaker. Let's hope it's also his last.
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