This is from the Charleston paper today, sent to me by Beth Hilleke, LLL of
South Carolina.

Ann Calandro

Here's what was in today's Charleston paper....



   
   Thursday, April 30, 1998

Anti-nudity bill laughed back into House panel
   
   By TONY BARTELME
   Of The Post and Courier staff 
   
        COLUMBIA - An anti-nudity bill was laughed off the House floor
   and back into a committee Wednesday, after lawmakers poked fun at the
   bill's sponsor and questioned whether his proposal was too broad.
        "What's a gluteus maximus?" a Spartanburg representative asked,
   referring to language in the bill that attempted to define nudity.
   "How does this apply to G-strings," asked another, triggering more
   snickers.
        Introduced by Bradley Jordan, an Anderson Republican, the bill
   was designed to clamp down on nude dancing.
        But critics said Jordan's bill was too vague and intrusive, that
   among other things, it would have made it illegal for mothers to
   change their babies in public and for students to take showers after
   gym class.
        Jordan amended the bill so it would allow nudity in doctors'
   offices and other places "customarily set aside for nudity."
        That didn't satisfy his colleagues. One asked whether it would be
   illegal for a person to sunbathe in the nude at a neighbor's house.
   Jordan replied: "They could do that, but they would be violating this
   law."
        Rep. Bubba Cromer, R-Richland Co., asked Jordan, tongue in cheek,
   what kind of "physical impact" the bill might have on the state's
   finances. More snickers.
        Jordan, however, thought Cromer said "fiscal impact" and said it
   shouldn't cost the state any- thing.
        After debating the law, the House voted to send it back to a
   committee, effectively killing its chances for passage this yea