Women have been allowed to attend church in pants for only the last 3 decades and though that doesn't bother me at all,there IS a proscription in the Bible (and please don't tell me that everything but the TEN COMMANDMENTS and a ban on homosexuality was over ridden,once Jesus came!)against that. Jeans/dungarees are another matter. Even the poorest of the poor,used to have SUNDAY BEST clothes. Personally, I'd rather see someone come to church in the cheapest of the cheap proper attire,or clothes they got for nothing,from church run/philanthropic organizations,than in $200 jeans.
Call me old fashioned, call me petty,call me anything else you care to,it's the fact that people now accept the LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR for everything,which galls me. What's next...going to church or the theatre or anywhere else,in pajamas,because that becomes the newest "fashion fad" ? Why not ski clothes,tennis outfits,or a bathing suit,because you're going to engage in those activities after church, or because it's "more comfortable" ?
"Why not ski clothes,tennis outfits,or a bathing suit,because you're going to engage in those activities after church, or because it's "more comfortable" ?"
My mom and I just had this conversation about kids wearing their sports uniforms to church because they have a game before/after Mass. I don't think you're teaching your kids about etiquette if you allow them to do this.
If you're old fashioned, then I am too! ;-)
That's the real reason these people wear jeans to church on Sunday INHO. They want to be able to walk right of church and into the rest of their day without being seen as being Christians. Talk about hiding your light under a bushel.
Although, since I go to church on Sabbath (Saturday) I just look like I'm going to a wedding, haha.