The City Council of a Maryland beach community held a special session Saturday to pass an “emergency ordinance” explicitly barring women from removing their tops at the beach — or in any other public place. Ocean City Mayor Richard Meehan called the meeting to “protect” family rights after the local shore patrol decided they would no longer order topless women to cover up. Until an opinion is issued, the beach patrol did not believe it could take action against topless women as it had in the past, said Ocean City Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin. “Ocean City is a family resort and we intend to do whatever is within our ability to also protect the rights of those families,” he declared. Anyone who does so will be subject to a fine of up to $1,000.

Source: Huffington Post June 11, 2017 04:41 UTC