Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish passed a law this week making baggy pants illegal, banning the biggest threat to American society since rock & roll, the miniskirt, and long hair on boys. The Parish's council voted 8-1 to pass the law, despite controversy about the potential baggy pants ban within the community.

The ordinance states that "appearing in public view while exposing one's skin or undergarments below the waist is contrary to the safety, health, peace and good order of the parish and the general welfare."

The Louisiana baggy pants law states that offenders will be fined $50 for their first offense, $100 for their second offense and $100 plus 16 hours of mandatory community service for the third. Any further violations of the ban will require a judge's disposition of punishment.

Interestingly, the local chapter of the NAACP supported the ban, according to WWLTV.

The group's president, Jerome Boykin, declared, "There is nothing positive about people wearing saggy pants. This is not a black issue, this is not a white issue, this is a people issue... Young men who were in prison who wanted to have sex with other men would send a signal to another man with his pants below his waist."

Community member Ida Moore expressed her dissent over the law in the council meeting, "It's certainly not the first time elders complained about the social mores and dress habits of young people. But to make laws of governing social differences is a slippery slope to the level of government that we do not allow."

Terrebonne Council Vice Chairman Russell Hornsby suggested that the council reconsider the ban in a year to see if community standards have been affected.

Oddly enough, this isn't' the first time the U.S. government has banned baggy pants. The style choice has been banned in Chicago Schools, and a Georgia town has collected fines for the offence, according to the Huffington Post.

Despite the arguments against the ban, the Parish president is expected to sign the ordinance into law.