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
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