Georgia Town Bans Breast Cancer Awareness Event

Don't dare air your dirty laundry in Broughton, Ga., even if it is all for a good cause.

The Georgia town banned an event that would call attention to breast cancer awareness month by stringing bras across four major intersections in the city.

The crime: inappropriateness.

"We have always closely scrutinized for appropriateness any private use of our public spaces," City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney said in a UPI article. "In this case, we weighed the goal of increased breast cancer awareness with the appropriateness of hanging underwear across one of our main streets.

Besides being a cheeky way to draw attention to the life-threatening disease -- something akin to the popular "Save the Ta-Tas" shirts -- O.C. Welch Ford Lincoln had pledged to donate $1 for every bra hung, up to $5,000.

A representative from the Susan G. Komen foundation has asked the city to reverse the decision, citing successful campaigns in Greenville, S.C., and Richmond, Va.

Southeastern brassieres aren't the only ones garnering attention lately.

School officials in Massachusetts have apologized for performing a magic trick that simulated removing a bra, according to UPI.

In the stunt, School Committee Chairman Russell Fitzgerald pulled handkerchiefs from the arm of school teacher, eventually revealing a bra tied to the cloth.

Fitzgerald later apologized in a statement:

"My intention was to begin a purposeful school committee business meeting in a way which was enjoyable and lighthearted," he said. "I am sorry for the embarrassment this has caused Ms. Killian, my fellow school committee members and the School Department."

Perhaps everyone should just embrace the free-spirited attitude of runners in Utah last week.

Some 3,000 people gathered in Salt Lake City for a race - in just their skivvies.

The race might have broken a Guinness World Record for the most people to ever run in just their underwear, but the event also had a higher purpose: to support equality, love, and peace, according to UPI.