Delegate Lionell Spruill Sr., Chesapeake Democrat, turned some heads today after he introduced a bill on the floor of the House of Delegates that would ban … well, rather than explain it myself, I'll let the bill to the talking:

It bars the "display on and equipping of motor vehicles with objects of devices representing or resembling human genitalia."

"No person shall display upon or equip any motor vehicle with any object or device that depicts, represents or resembles human genitalia, regardless of size or scale."

Minutes ago, I sat down with Spruill inside his legislative office to ask him about the measure.

He had pictures printed out from various Web sites and a section of Virginia law that explained the offense would carry a fine of up to $250.

The proposal, he said, came to fruition last Friday after a "gentleman" from his district called him and explained he, his wife and his daughter had pulled their car up behind a truck featuring one of the before mentioned displays hanging from a trailer hitch.

"So, I laughed," Spruill said. "After I laughed he said, 'Do you have kids?' I said, 'Yes I do. They are grown.' "

"Then he said, 'Do you have grandkids?' And I said, 'Yes I do,' " Spruill recalled.

That's when it hit him.

"My granddaughter is 5 going on 25," he said. "That made it serious to me."

Spruill called the display "gross" and said that "we got to stop it in Virginia."

His strategy to get it passed is simple. He plans to ask lawmakers the same question the "gentleman" from Chesapeake asked him when they eventually consider the bill.

"Do they want their kids to see that?"

— Seth McLaughlin, Virginia politics reporter, The Washington Times