Comments on: Texas Lawmaker Seeks to End Sexy Cheerleading

By: Jack Tanner

Jack Tanner — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:34:31 +0000

Eddie - I agree with you but it's not the gov'ts business to legislate morality. You'd think the schools would have enough sense to deal with this but unfortunately not.

By: Eddie Thomas

Eddie Thomas — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 03:36:13 +0000

I'm not interested in anyone passing legislation on such a matter, but the comments so far suggest to me that you all don't know what Edwards is talking about. The cheerleaders at my high school (back in the 1980s) surely didn't "bump and grind." And Edwards is absolutely right too that our culture is involved in a massive contradiction of exposing young people to sexuality at a very early age but then encouraging them to hold off sex (and child-bearing) until much later in life. You don't need to be a prude to see a problem here.

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:23:46 +0000

And what, exactly, would constitute a non "sexually suggestive" performance? My guess is that any performance that involve attractive females will be sexually suggestive in one way or another to all the teenage males in the audience.

Indeed, aren't cheeleaders, by defintion, sexy in some capacity?

Yeesh.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:26:24 +0000

I'd like to Edward's 'favorites' list. :)

By: Signifying Nothing

Signifying Nothing — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 05:39:48 +0000

Dip it not-so-low
Those under the impression that limiting legislative sessions to 90 days every two years would reduce legislative stupidity have another thing coming, apparently: The Friday night lights in Texas could soon be without bumpin' and grindin' cheerlead...

By: Gottlieb Almanegro

Gottlieb Almanegro — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 05:04:01 +0000

Ah for the good old days in my hometown of Pekin Illinois, when scantily clad cheerleaders gyrated suggestively and chanted âGo Chinks, Go Chinksâ.

By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 02:11:06 +0000

If I recall my high school years, it wasn't just cheerleaders.

Bring on the burqas!