Clothesline Controversy

Many people in the United States and, increasingly in other parts of the world, are not allowed to hang out their clothes to dry in the sun. Community covenants, landlord prohibitions, and zoning laws are the three primary means of stopping people from using clotheslines.
The simple, nostalgic act of hanging clothes outside to dry, regaining popularity as an eco-friendly act, has become a full-blown political flap.
On one side of the line, proponents of the right-to-dry movement say clotheslines are a green alternative to dryers, which are second only to refrigerators and air conditioners as the top energy consumers in most homes.
Opponents, however, see clotheslines as flags of poverty that create eyesores and devalue property.
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...this is the great debate of the new millennium? We now need to fight for the right to dry our clothes on a line in the sunshine?
How can anyone wear a straight face and oppose this? It seems that shame no longer exists!