Florida lawmaker hands out belts under saggy pants ban

[The Straight Story]

Florida lawmaker hands out belts under saggy pants ban

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - A Florida lawmaker is welcoming students back to school by handing out 200 leather belts to help them comply with a new state law that bans saggy pants on campuses.

Democratic State Senator Gary Siplin of Orlando pushed for six years for the so-called Pull Your Pants Up law, and finally got his wish last spring.

The state legislature voted overwhelmingly to enact the ban at the start of the 2011-12 school year, making Florida and Arkansas the only two states with such a widespread prohibition against saggy pants for students.
"We want our kids to believe they're going to college, and part of that is an attitude, and part of that is being dressed professionally," Siplin told Reuters.

The statewide school dress code bucks a fashion trend with roots in prison attire and the rap and hip-hop music community. Siplin, who admits to sporting an Afro and platform shoes in his youth, grew tired of seeing young men wearing their pants so low their underwear was exposed.

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[MADem]

1. Jesus. Talk about fiddling while Rome burns....and this was the work of a Democrat?

Aren't all the "cool kids" wearing skinny jeans? I thought the new dress code violation was an abundance of visible penis, or too much camel toe?

I also thought some rapper killed that fashion by telling these children that it was a method of advertising sexual availability in prison.

Can't keep up with this crap--it's all very silly.