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I'm glad to finally know what "leaning left" means. Forget Health Care and bank regulation, it's all about lawsuits in favor of thongsIf you plan on going to Kure Beach, North Carolina, bring your sunscreen and shades, but please leave your thong behind. The seaside community has adopted a zero tolerance policy on anyone wearing the barely-there bikini by the shore on their part of North Carolina's Pleasure Island, just south of Wilmington. [Mayor Dean] Lambeth told CNN he and the town supervisors last week unanimously approved the ordinance banning the skimpy bathing wear....
The decision to forbid thongs was triggered by a couple's recent inquiry about spending their honeymoon in Kure Beach, Lambeth said. According to the mayor, the couple wanted to know if they could wear thongs. The man thought the town's policy on the matter was ambiguous, Lambeth said. After consulting with the police chief, he determined the ordinance should be amended to better address the issue. Section 12-32 of the Code of the Town of Kure Beach, which was adopted on April 22, makes it illegal "for any person being naked or insufficiently clothed ... to bathe or swim in the Atlantic Ocean" or any other area within the town's jurisdiction.
..."Thong bathing suits or similar attire are specifically prohibited," the code says.
Anyone wearing a thong on the beach will be fined $25. Lambeth said reaction to the no-thong policy has been overwhelmingly positive. "I have gotten probably 100 e-mails from all over the U.S. supporting our stance," he told CNN. "I'm getting calls from New York, California that they are glad somebody is finally taking a stand for public decency."
Lambeth, who said Kure Beach's population swells from 2,500 to 11,000 in the summer, described the town as "nice, slow-mo and conservative."..."We're just a small southern community, and that's how we're going to keep it," he said. He also suspected the decision on the thongs could end up in court and blamed liberals for that. "You can file a suit -- the way this country is leaning so far left, it wouldn't surprise me..."
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