Virginia Legislature rivals Texas as the worst in the U.S...

[SaveElmer]

First the ridiculous anti gay license plate, then the anti gay constitutional amendment, the miscarriage notification bill...and now this...they ought to close up shop and go home if they have nothing better to work on...what a joke

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The state's House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday authorizing a $50 fine for anyone who displays his or her underpants in a "lewd or indecent manner."

Del. Lionell Spruill Sr., a Democrat who opposed the bill, had pleaded with his colleagues to remember their own youthful fashion follies.

During an extended monologue Monday, he talked about how they dressed or wore their hair in their teens. On Tuesday, he said the measure was an unconstitutional attack on young blacks that would force parents to take off work to accompany their children to court just for making a fashion statement.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/09/low.pants.ap/index.html

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. What is up with Virginia? I used to view them as 'nearly blue'. nt

[SaveElmer]

2. Republicans Gerrymandered themselves in a few years abo

So while the state is probably 55-45...the legislature is > 60% Republican..

What's really amazing is only 15 years ago we elected a black man Governor largely based on his pro-choice views!!!

[demnan]

3. Sadly, we are a laughing stock!

I'm going to write the legislature and thank them for making the state the butt of jokes all over Talk Radio.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

4. Oh, don't forget the 'intelligent design' nonsense in Dover, PA...

That's pretty damn embarassing too. On top of that, good ol' Ricky Santorum wrote a letter to the editor in support of this silly crap in science classes. Of course, the school's in one of the
Penn-syl-tucky red spots in PA. All states have their idiots.

[SaveElmer]

6. Unfortunately our idiots run the state...

Except Warner of course....hopefully he will veto these!

[asjr]

5. This is so stupid. I would suggest to the youth of America

to stop wearing underpants. If the legislature doesn't like underwear showing, that would fix it.

[ed_vadem]

7. the VA house is definately one of the

two worst ones in the nation

and yes TX could be ahead of us