] ATLANTA - Genital piercings for women were banned by the
] Georgia House Wednesday as lawmakers considered a bill
] outlining punishments for female genital mutilation.

They just had this report on 11 Alive news in Atlanta. Rep. Bill Heath (R, of course) was asked by the reporter whether he though Genital Piercing was something the state governement should be involved with. His reply "Normally,... I'd say no, but with the state of morals in this country, maybe it is."

I. Hate. The. Bible. Belt.

11 Alive's website sadly doesn't have the story with the quote yet.

[ Holy sweet jesus i hope there are details i'm missing on this. Such as defining "genitals" as the clitoris itself (as differentiated from the "hood" or whatever you call it), which i'm willing to accept is mutilation. Still bullshit, and not something the government should be fucking with. I'm completely on board with banning the horrifying female "circumsiscion" bullshit that they do in some places... that deserves punishment. Anyway, it sounds like another issue of completely out of touch legislators overstepping their bounds. -k]

Georgia House Bans Female Genital Piercings