On this issue, I would like to support the move by the temples to have a dress code. There is an appropriate dress code for each occasion and place. For example, for a wedding, one would not go dressed in the same manner as one would go for a beach party.
In this connection, I came across the two enclosed articles. The first one is straight forward. In the second one, the last para is relevant for our discussions here. In the last para, President Obama, of the USA, says: "Sometimes they're specific: Lord, give me patience as I watch Malia go to her first dance-where there will be boys. Lord, have that skirt get longer as she travels to that dance." Best Regards, U. G. Barad Barcelona bans bikinis on streets Author: AFP Publication: The Times of India Date: May 1, 2011 URL: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-01/europe/29493177_1_bik inis-beach-bans Tourists in Barcelona who wander off the beach onto the streets in just their swimming costumes or even less will now face stiff fines. The city hall voted to ban "nudity or virtual nudity in public places" and limit swimming costumes to swimming pools, beaches, adjacent roads and beach walks. Nudists who stray off their designated areas of the beach will be subject to fines of 300 to 500 euros. Those who wander into the streets in bikinis, swimming trunks or swimsuits face fines of 120 to 300 euros. Authorities in the city, where the port and the beach areas are adjacent to the historic old town, earlier this year put up posters discouraging such behaviour. They showed a couple in swimming costumes with a red line across it next to another couple dressed normally but without the red line. Obama Prays For Longer Skirts For Daughter. Author: Publication: Xfmnewscenter.com Date: July 4, 2011 URL: http://www.xfmnewscenter.com/news/news.php?cat=Entertainment <http://www.xfmnewscenter.com/news/news.php?cat=Entertainment&title=Obama+Pr ays+For+Longer+Skirts+For+Daughter> &title=Obama+Prays+For+Longer+Skirts+For+Daughter. Like any other father of a growing daughter, US President Barack Obama too has to sometimes summon the help of God. In fact, he says being president "has a funny way of making a person feel the need to pray." At the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, Obama departed from an otherwise serious talk about prayer to poke a bit of fun at his elder daughter, Malia and wife Michelle. First it was the turn of the First Lady. "...Like all of us, my faith journey has had its twists and turns. It hasn't always been a straight line. I have thanked God for the joys of parenthood and Michelle's willingness to put up with me," said Obama. "In the wake of failures and disappointments I've questioned what God had in store for me and been reminded that God's plans for us may not always match our own short-sighted desires. "And let me tell you, these past two years, they have deepened my faith. The presidency has a funny way of making a person feel the need to pray," he said amid laughter. "Abe Lincoln said, as many of you know, 'I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go'." Then came the turn of Malia. "As I travel across the country folks often ask me what is it that I pray for. And like most of you, my prayers sometimes are general: Lord, give me the strength to meet the challenges of my office," he said. "Sometimes they're specific: Lord, give me patience as I watch Malia go to her first dance-where there will be boys. Lord, have that skirt get longer as she travels to that dance," Obama said.
