Rep. Al Edwards of TX MUST BE STOPPED!!! !

“Lawmaker Seeks to End Sexy Cheerleading

Mar 18, 7:42 AM (ET)

By APRIL CASTRO

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Friday night lights in Texas could soon be without bumpin' and grindin' cheerleaders. Legislation filed by Rep. Al Edwards would put an end to "sexually suggestive" performances at athletic events and other extracurricular competitions.

"It's just too sexually oriented, you know, the way they're shaking their behinds and going on, breaking it down," said Edwards, a 26-year veteran of the Texas House. "And then we say to them, 'don't get involved in sex unless it's marriage or love, it's dangerous out there' and yet the teachers and directors are helping them go through those kind of gyrations."

Under Edwards' bill, if a school district knowingly permits such a performance, funds from the state would be reduced in an amount to be determined by the education commissioner.

Edwards said he filed the bill as a result of several instances of seeing such ribald performances in his district.

J.M. Farias, owner of Austin Cheer Factory, said cheerleading aficionados would welcome the law. Cheering competitions, he said, penalize for suggestive movements or any vulgarity.

"Any coaches that are good won't put that in their routines," he said. And, most girls cheering on Friday nights were trained by professionals who know better, he said.

"I don't think this law would really shake the industry at all. In fact, it would give parents a better feeling, mostly dads and boyfriends, too," Farias said.

Although cheerleaders must meet the same no-pass, no-play academic requirements of athletes, cheerleading is not a competition sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League, the governing body of Texas high school sports.

The UIL also does not have performance regulations for squads who cheer for their teams at state championships, said Athletic Coordinator Peter Contreras.

"I think it should have been cut out a long time ago," Edwards said. "It surely needs to be toned down."

RECALL!!!! ;-)”

“This is what the future "Jesusland" will be like Stovey. ;o)”

“Yeah, get get used to it; the Moral Mandate.”

“nawwwwww
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“he must not be a Democrat or Stovestomper would have told us.

I saw a review of a video game last night that is going to have sex in it. It says this will give the character a chance to be real. You will be able to control what he does while having sex.”

“I thought it was a pretty funny story.”

“it was a funny story but you know I had to mess with ya ;)

If he wants to ban cheerleaders then look no farther than Dallas. I bet there would be an uprising if he banned them”

“LOL
You guys know what they say about assuming something,
make's an a$$ out of ya. ;-)

The fact that this moralizing bag of wind is trying to keep these fine young ladies from expressing their art is a Democrat is just a plus.
LOL”

“Well I think you should commend Rep. Edwards for his moral convictions. After all, wasn't that the message the voters sent this fall? Those girls shouldn't be shakin' their booty like that!


Ha! Ewker said "uprising"!
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“Shake shake shake, shake your booty.”

“Uhhhh, if you read the story closely, it dosen't say they were FEMALE cheerleaders....”

“Now don't go being homophobic, aero. ;-)
You know there's nothing wrong with male cheerleaders.
SOMEBODY has to hold up the cute girls.
For, myself, I don't find the male cheerleaders, 'sexy'.
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“It does seem like cheerleading has gone from “ra ra sis boom ba!” to “Bow chicka bow wow”. But to pass laws?”

“Oh boy oh boy!!!!
GOOD LOOKING!!!

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“Edwards was right--that's obscene.”

“Al Edwards is a Democrat, and he hates dogs too. He has introduced legislation that would allow municipalities to ban dogs. Next, he will want to ban Motherhood and Religion.”

“Damn, a Democrat who's in lock step with the American Taliban -- Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. Who-da thunk it?”

“I should have figured it out when the thread was not labeled Texas Liberal Must Be Stopped!”

“
Go Team!
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“San Jose State Suspends Sexy Dance Team

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- San Jose State has suspended its dance team after a sexy routine at a basketball game triggered a confrontation involving an elderly alumnus and and a 20-year-old dancer.

The team is suspended until it develops guidelines to represent the university "at the highest possible standard," the division of intercollegiate athletics decided last week.

The confrontation, captured on videotape by a parent, erupted after a dance during a March 5 home game to the raunchy lyrics of "Move Somethin'" by LL Cool J.

"It was vulgar," said Ray Silva, 74, a San Jose businessman and major university booster. "It was like a burlesque, with bumps and grinds. I just came unglued."

Silva said he shouted at the dancers: "Trash, that's trash. Get off the court."

Dancer Tarah DiNardo confronted Silva at the end of the game, gesturing emphatically as the two shouted at one another. John Glass, an associate athletic director, stepped between them and grabbed DiNardo's arm, apparently bruising it.

The dancer filed a complaint with police, but authorities declined to prosecute. Her angry father has hired an attorney.

"I don't want people to lay hands on my daughter," said businessman and ex-Marine Joey DiNardo. "There's too much dirty dancing going on," he acknowledged, but added: "You don't grab anyone or call the girls trash."

Tarah DiNardo says the dancers have simply been doing what sports officials asked. "They wanted more makeup, more hair and sexier uniforms" to boost ticket sales, she said.

"That doesn't strike me as anything we'd want," said Mark Harlan, the university's new associate director of athletics. He said the dance team's role is being reevaluated.”