Small Town Bikini Ban

ban a speedo?
lolwut, the speedo has been a swimwear the ages

fuck it sucks living in utah, fool of people who actually think the LDS faith is real hahah these religious freaks are like the other religious freaks... stupid

In Europe women can be topless at any pool they want. Yet I don't see that our kids are "damaged" in any way or that kids need to be protected from others people body.

You Americans are obsessed with taking stupid measures to protect of children when there are no real dangers to them. I wonder how there are still live kids in Africa or Pacific because there they could see even totally naked bodies all day every day.

bahahaha ! yepp i live there (:

Stupid ban to begin with. Bikinis are not corrupting and sexualizing people. If they REALLY wanted to do something about sexuality in their community, they should concentrate on banning TV and sex outright, not swimwear.

Wow, when did I fall asleep and wake up in the 50's!!??

It's not about being ashamed of your body. It's about respecting your body. And respecting other people.

Yet another example of the lack of seperation between church and state in utah aka morman capital.

Religion seems to be behind the law. I thought we had separation of church and state.

Once you can come to terms with the fact that there is no seperation of church and state in Utah, its a pretty decent place to live.

if they don't see it there they will see it somewhere else.

I don't like how that sound, first is bikini, then short pans, and before you know it GUESS WHAT you're living in nazzi germany.

Why has this pod been voted up for so long? I swear...any pod with the word 'bikini' in it stays at the top of the page for way longer than it deserves.

Righteous and fundamentalist as this sounds, most people would feel differently if they were moms or dads to young girls who see and want to wear bikinis. Most dads would admit they know what goes through a guy's mind when he sees a girl in a bikini. They wouldn't want that girl to be THEIR daughter. Yes it is just like walking around in a bra and panty! I have no religious affiliation whatsoever but I tell my girls this: " Dressing decently means that you respect your body and a girl who respects her body respects herself.
A girl who respects herself, commands and gets respect from ALL"

Ridiculous claims of immodesty and religious interference in people's everyday lives in Utah? I don't believe it.

Taliban translated is "religious student"

Church of Latter Day Saints are "religious students"

L.D.S. do not believe in freedom and have no place in the United States of America.

Come around my town with that nonsense and prepare to get laughed at until you cry.

Girls wear bikini tops in the grocery store where I live.

"Christian" means to be "Christ-like." When Jesus Christ looked at a person, He looked at the heart. Christians should be able to do the same. "Just like a bra and underwear," says who? Thats a heart issue, and only God knows the answer.

Maybe next they'll force their children to wear clothes in the shower.

Nate, sounds to me like you just want to exploit women's bodies for your own pleasure.

A cult demonizing the beauty of a womens body. Why should a man be able to go topless and a women not allowed? Is this unfairness even legal.

This is a dumb video making a brouhaha out of nothing. The city council repealed the ban before it ever went into affect. This news item is already over a month old, but is just now showing up on current.com?

Also, the tagline says this is a small town outside Salt Lake City. Kanab, Utah is closer to Las Vegas than it is Salt Lake City.

hilarious. it "accidentally" got passed because no one noticed it? right...

and the LDS interviews are also hilarious, such hypocrites. hilarious

In defense of Mormon politicians, Mitt Romney was the governor of one of the most liberal states in the union, and the most powerful Democrat in the Senate is a Mormon. At any rate, they can't be any more religious than George Bush or any other Christian politician, who holds a weekly conference call with evangelicals. I think the bikini goofiness has as much to do with small town life as it does with Mormons.

On a side note, I think Scott Lambson is related to the Lambson family that ran Mount Vernon Academy in Murray, UT. I attended that school during my sophomore year.

And people wonder why Mitt Romney is not the canidate for the presidency. Can we say magic underwear

I think modesty is just one of the ways we are being controlled in, by people having power. I wonder what would have happened if somebody said cheeks or lips are sexual parts and are to be ashamed of. And plus, nudity does not equal sex, unless someone is really perverted to only have that in mind. What do you think?

Small town.

Even smaller minds

What if you wanted to swim in the pool stark naked?

Would that be acceptable

Modesty is stupid in my opinion. The point of bikinis is to allow more skin to absorb vitamin D from the sun, and to get more than your arms tanned.

I guess It's not that bad of an idea, but it's not like everyone isn't exposed to sex on a daily basis. Just turn on the television.

This is a great little pod, I like it.

Personally, even though I'm completely non-religious, I kind of like the idea of modesty, and people being more than a sum of their parts, and bodies being partially covered up, cos who wants to see all that flesh all the time anyway? Life ends up being like a big ol' 'I look better than you naked' fashion parade, which is just a bit sad.

But at a swimming pool or on a beach? Surely that's the best time to wander about in practically your underwear, cos its hot and you're swimming.

I would have liked to hear in the pod what it is about a bikini (or what you see when someone's wearing a bikini) that's so unpleasant for this community - what exactly do they project to? Is a bikini-clad body automatically a sexualised body, and is that the problem?

But why does this need to be forced on people? Why don't people choose *not* to put all their flesh out there, apart from the obvious suntan motivations?

Bikinis are the devil's dental floss

Banning something like that is just stupid - forced modesty is what it is. Dumbass conservatives.

Wow, I live in Utah and this is the first I've heard of this.

I am not Mormon, and I strongly disagree with this new rule. Why would someone else care about what I am wearing? The only body parts being hidden by this new rule is the stomach and lower back. Is that really a big deal?

Also, I don't understand why seeing someone else's body is such a big deal, I am not ashamed of my body and no one else should be ashamed of their's. I for one, am all down for nudity. I don't see the point in being embarrassed about your body if everyone of your gender looks almost exactly the same.

Where is the controversy? The bikini is only banned at this new pool and the majority of citizens seem to support it. What is the implication of this story? That towns shouldn't be able to enact their own laws? It's not like this is nation wide or something. I don't even see why this is news. It really don't concern anyone who doesn't live there.

Yes. we should all be ashamed of our bodies and cover up as much of our unholy skin as possible, its only logical! Thank you radical Utah christians for showing us just how crazy and shameful we are. Also, whats the deal with all of us marrying just one person? We should take a page from their book and start marrying off our preteen girls by the masses.

Oh yes, what great harm is done to our children if they see a woman in a bikini! Huge trauma, they may need psychological intervention. I hope they never go outside of Kanab so they are not shocked! What is next, requiring men to wear beards and women to wear head scarves?

We should celebrate and embrace our bodies instead of being ashamed of them.

Why can't people look beyond what they are being told?
Why do they accept what is initially given to them, instead of using their own minds to give it a bit more thought?

Full disclosure: I am ardently pro-bikini because I have conservative, anti-bikini parents. I am profoundly resentful about never having worn a bikini when I was a cute teenager. :(

Having watched the pod, I'm not as offended as I was when I initially read the rather misleading headline. It's a public pool that is frequented by kids, and the town -- itself mostly Mormon -- is legislating a degree of modesty in public places. In context, it doesn't seem like much of a controversy at all... least of all to the citizens of Kanab.

I like to be naked and i want my child to feel comfortable in her own skin. It sounds a lot like that community is ashamed of the human body and they want there children to be ashamed of their bodies as well. They say it is modesty and that the world lacks modesty. The truth is that after so many years of so called modesty the world is horny and this town just wants to be secret about their sexuality. hmm sounds like a good place for a transvestite to live lol.

I feel sorry for all those Utah boobs. (Oooo! That's good on so many levels).

So, does that mean the women will get to go topless?
The ban on speedos sounds like a good idea.

Its the human body, we shouldn't be offended by it. We each have one, we see bodies everyday, why do we treat it as some sort of taboo?

Wow... I wonder if those same people would judge Muslims for wearing burkas. Hmmm.

Well ... they're lucky they repealed the ban ... I was about to call up all my fat friends, don a leopard-print thong, hop in a Winnebago & protest on their doorstep until freedom was restored!

You may be able to find 15 hairy overweight old men carrying placards & wearing thongs some corners of the internet but I'd be willing to place money on them not wanting it at their community pool.

You win this time Small Generic Utah township ... this time.

Oddly the people in the story sounded half-way intelligent in making their points. I wanted to crack a lot of stuck up conservative LDS jokes but they seem to temper themselves as far as enforcing their arcane beliefs on others. I think that city council is dancing on the fine line between church and state and any good ACLU member could have a field day with them if they wanted - or in this case a day at the pool.

Once again people are quick to slam Muslims for there beliefs and laws but in all actuallity if right wing Christian had there way it would be just the same.

Bikinis are great! I don't understand by they would ban them, modesty was invented for fat people

If they dont want to see body parts, they should open up a seperate LDS pool and wear pants and potato sack dresses to swim. Organized religion is rediculous.

Ohhhhhh lordy.... Oh dear.

Here's the thing, look how many kids are at the pool. Like 90%. It's a family environment. It's a family friendly town. I can see why they are trying to protect the kids. What's interesting, is that when this pool opened there was no bikini ban in place, and yet I can't see one bikini being worn. These people are just more modest than most of America. What's wrong with that? And in the end the city council repealed the ban, so they actually sound pretty normal to me. No reason to slam these law abiding American citizens.

No big deal, no one seems upset about it.

I like to see people who have a slight degree of modesty as a principle.

which state had the highest percentage of voters voting for bush in 2004? i believe it was utah...

CONSERVATIVE

Look at who is running that community. A fundamentalist religious group with an agenda. The mayor's line about judicating for the majority is bullshit. If that happened across this country, segregation would still exist. Blacks wouldnt be allowed to vote, neither would women. This community is another "jones town" minus the cyanide koolaide.

As someone who lives in Europe where topless has long been allowed in all public pools and on all beaches, my jaw dropped...

There should be a public eyesore clause........ nuff said

Are there like NO OTHER pools in the area? This one doesn't even have any grass... or sand. Why would anyone want to lay on a slab of concrete ?
Pffff. LDS. More like LSD.

Reminds me of Lenny Bruce railing against profanity laws: We shouldn't base our laws on who gets horniest fastest.

What's next, Good Samaritan Laws?!

Utah. Life regulated.

Hm... If I went to their community pool wearing a bikini, and they told me about the no-bikini rule, I would get back in my regular clothes, head over to Target and buy myself a cute one-piece. Or just not go at all. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Legislated modesty.

America is so much like the Islamic fundamentalist they battle and they don't even realize it.

Looks like they made the right decision in the end.

Yeah, close-knit communities have to beware of bikinis. They pose a real danger, because like a sugar-high from a can of Coca-Cola, once those bikinis are seen, there`s no telling what dangers lurk in Utah...like incest.

LDS. crazy

Perhaps they'd be better off banning bad toupees