Do thoughts of massive breasts terrorize you at night? Do you avoid restaurants, picnics and Asheville for fear of running into – I can hardly write it – an areola!? Don’t worry North Carolina – the General Assembly is ON IT!
Rep. Rayne Brown, a Republican representing Davidson County, filed a bill that clarifies North Carolina’s indecent-exposure law. The standing legislation makes public nudity a Class 2 misdemeanor but doesn’t define naughty bits. Under the just-filed House Bill 34, “private parts” are “external organs of sex and the excretion, including the nipple, or any portion of the areola, of the female human breast.”
This bill is total bogus. Man boobs are way more offensive.
Read the bill’s text here.
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This article appears in Jan 30 – Feb 5, 2013.
Conservatives have a morbid fascination with other people’s bodies, dress, and sexual practices.
And this doesn’t conflict with the national laws protecting breastfeeding?? I know more than once I flashed some areola in my daughter’s boob days..
I wonder if Ana and DLP realize that the inspiration for this bill was the all-Democrat Asheville City Council’s “open letter” denouncing the “GoTopless” event and lamenting their being unable to stop it due to state law.
An Open Letter to Citizens and Visitors of Asheville,
As many of you are aware, an event known as “GoTopless” is scheduled to occur in downtown Asheville this Sunday. If it is similar to last year’s event, a number of female attendees may be topless, exposing their breasts to public view.
As citizens of Asheville and individual members of Asheville City Council, we do not endorse this conduct. We believe that it does nothing to help our community, and we recognize that it disappoints and embarrasses many of our citizens and visitors. We wish it were not happening.
Despite our hopes over the past few months that this could be addressed by city ordinance, legal research indicates that this is a matter of State law, and that our city’s options are very limited. As soon as possible, we fully intend to seek legislation in Raleigh that will clarify the law and enable Asheville and other communities in North Carolina to respond more effectively. Please join us in urging our legislators in that direction.
As for the event that is set to occur this Sunday, we urge citizens and visitors to avoid the event. Please do enjoy our vibrant downtown this Sunday in other ways, including your support for the Goombay Festival, other events, and our great downtown businesses.
Sincerely,
Terry M. Bellamy, Mayor
Esther Manheimer, Vice-Mayor
Cecil Bothwell, Councilman
Jan Davis, Councilman
Marc Hunt, Councilman
Chris Pelly, Councilman
Gordon Smith, Councilman
I didn’t say Republicans, I said Conservatives. You have let the Republicans convince you that all Democrats are ultra Liberals. You should look more closely, it’s not true.