May 06, 2005 @ 11:55:31 AM CST
Among others, the Washington Post reports the Texas
state House on Tuesday approved a bill to restrict "overtly sexually suggestive" cheerleading to more ladylike performances.
The bill would give the state education commissioner authority to request that school districts review high school performances.
The Post said that the ACLU noted "state law already prohibits public lewdness by students on or near a school campus," making the law unnecessary.
I don't know what's more disgusting: that Texas ignored junior cheerleading, that there are choreographers that make little girls dance like Christina Aguilera, or that the ACLU is right. It's pretty tough (and stupid) to legislate morality, and this is what we get with public schools. And let's not ask who defines what constitutes raunchy cheerleading or how they define it. Democratic Representative Al Edwards said, "Any adult that's been involved with sex in their lives, they know it when they see it."
At first, I didn't think they were talking about 18-year old high school seniors. I was biased though, since I had just seen a Texas Junior Cheerleading program on Fox Sports Net, with 8-year old girls disgustingly dancing. Just look at one of the things I found.
You heard the lyrics right:
And Rowl! These women all on the prowl, if you hold the head steady I'm a milk the cow.
Forget about the game I'm a spit the truth, I won't stop till I get em in they birthday suits.
So gimmie the rhythm and it'll be off with they clothes, then bend over to the front and touch your toes.
...
Me and Ush once more and we leave em dead, we want a lady in the street but a freak in the bed
(lyrics from lyrics007, who I'm not linking to since lyric sites are notorious for trying to exploit browser flaws to install malicious programs)
Those lyrics may not be exactly correct, but they get the point across. While the song certainly represents an urban rhyming masterpiece, I'm not sure of its appropriateness as theme music for my 8-year old cheerleader. But apparently, because of the rump-shaking, it is.
Tags: Texas Politics, Cheerleading, Education, Politics
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