The 88th General Assembly
has convened the 2012 fiscal session

Monday, April 21, 2008

Louisiana legislature takes up bathroom etiquette

In what is clearly a stab at Sen. Larry Craig, Louisiana lawmakers have adopted a resolution calling for "privacy dividers" to be installed at urinals in men's public bathrooms. State health officials will now determine whether to amend Louisiana's plumbing code to require the privacy partitions.

The resolution was sponsored by Rep. Mickey Guillory (D-Eunice). The reason, according to the resolution, is that "sexual offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators can easily violate the privacy of others using urinals...." Here's a pretty humorous report from WAFB-9 TV (CBS) in Baton Rouge.