Thongs banned on NC beach

[Homeslice]

Gotta be due to a bunch of soccer moms & old women mad about being upstaged by younger women


(CNN) -- If 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.

"You can do what you want to in your own space," said Mayor Dean Lambeth, "but for public decency, keep it off the public beach."

Lambeth told CNN he and the town supervisors last week unanimously approved the ordinance banning the skimpy bathing wear.

"Everything we do is family oriented. We like the small town atmosphere," he said.

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. Sun-bathing "naked or insufficiently clothed" is also banned.

"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," he said. "They want to challenge it? They want to spend the money? Go for it."

Lambeth said people can wear thongs in their homes and backyards. And with his policy in place, he told CNN he's content.

"I'm sitting out here looking at the ocean and don't see a damn thong in sight."

[Particle Man]

In other news:

Thong party at Kure Beach, NC!

$25 cover.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

In other news:

Thong party at Kure Beach, NC!

$25 cover.

[EpyonXero]

Not suprised. They ban thongs at Virginia Beach, I hadnt seen a thong at the beach until I moved to Florida.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by EpyonXero

Not suprised. They ban thongs at Virginia Beach, I hadnt seen a thong at the beach until I moved to Florida.

I thought that they'd been banned in places, in Florida too?

[EpyonXero]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

I thought that they'd been banned in places, in Florida too?

Probably in some of the more conservative counties, there are plenty in the (liberal) South Florida area though.

[Dave]

Once again north carolina sucks ass

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Dave

Once again north carolina sucks ass

though now they have to work for it because there's more covering said ass.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by Dave

Once again north carolina sucks ass

Well if that's the case then I wish all the yankee mofo's would stop moving down here...well except for my friends in New Hampshire.

For the most part it's a pretty good state to live in. It does suck that the town of Kure Beach wants to do this though.

Not to mention this being said by someone from NJ ?

[Dave]

Originally Posted by z06boy

Well if that's the case then I wish all the yankee mofo's would stop moving down here...well except for my friends in New Hampshire.

For the most part it's a pretty good state to live in. It does suck that the town of Kure Beach wants to do this though.

Not to mention this being said by someone from NJ ?

Meh, I owe a small apology. I was thinking about south when I said that