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Slippery rock GAzette
Dang It, Virginia
April 2020|25
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fly in public could get you slapped with a misdemeanor and up to a $250 fine.
Beach has long had no-cursing signs on its boardwalk — you can even buy replica versions at tchotchke gift shops. The signs were put up by the visitor’s bureau to “encourage courteous language” in a family-friendly area, the Virginian-Pilot reported.
Virginia, as in some archaic state
and local statues, letting an F-bomb
“Profane swearing” has been illegal in the commonwealth since 1792, when the fine was 83 cents. Just what bleepin’ words are banned? Well, the state code doesn’t say.
The effort to repeal the anti-swearing law appeared to be cursed in previous legisla- tive sessions, failing every year since it was first introduced in 2016.
But on a Wednesday in February, legis- lators said to hell with the anti-swearing law: The Virginia Senate voted to repeal it, just weeks after the Virginia House did the same.
Republican Del. Michael Webert — a cattle farmer from Fauquier County — has sponsored the bill every year.
It now awaits Gov. Ralph Northam’s signature. Northam spokesperson Alena Y armosky says the governor will review the bill when it gets to his desk, adding, “It’s past time we swore off the antiquated policies of the past.”
“When you’re working with cows and a 1,400-pound animal doesn’ t do what you want it to, or steps on your feet, every once in a while something colorful comes out of your mouth,” Webert told The Washington Post in 2017.
If he signs the bill, Virginians will le- gally be able to curse to their heart’s con- tent starting July 1. Though, the current law doesn’t seem to be stopping many people from doing just that. Statewide enforce- ment numbers are hard to pin down, but ac- cording to The Washington Post, Arlington County in Northern Virginia only charged three people with cursing over two years.
Webert thinks the bill finally passed be- cause of the new makeup of the statehouse after Democrats took over both chambers in November. He also cited bipartisanship.
Other communities have been more pro- active. The Oceanfront area of Virginia
For the sake of preserving civil discourse, it’s encouraging that Virginia lawmakers have their priorities straight.
He says he and his Democratic col- leagues agree that the current code violates free speech and is unconstitutional.
However, lawmakers voted to keep the ban on spitting, with one lawmaker calling it “yucky.”
Picture Perfect
Two nature photographers were hik- ing in the wilds of Alaska when they rounded a bend on a steep trail. Forty yards away was a grizzly bear.
The instant it saw the men, the enor- mous bruin stood on its hind paws and let out a roar. Then it dropped to all fours and began a slow, menacing advance, staring at them with deadly menace.
“Quick!” said one of the cameramen, furiously digging into his pack.“Get your gear set up!”
“That’s going to keep the bear from at- tacking?” asked the other.
“Highly doubtful,” said his partner, hastily snapping on a new lens and fo- cusing, “but one of us is going to get a hell of an action shot.”
“So I went to the optometrist, and everything’s fine. But he just won’t let it go!”
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