SHORT TAKES : Rosanne Cash Objects to Labels

Country singer Rosanne Cash strummed a guitar and sang about child abuse, then told Missouri lawmakers her song would have to carry a parental warning if they enact pending legislation.

The sponsor of the legislation, Rep. Jean Dixon, responded today that Cash’s song is “nice, but totally irrelevant” to the proposed requirement that warning stickers go on albums, compact discs and cassettes with messages that glorify sex, drugs and violence.

Cash’s song about child abuse would not qualify for a warning label because it does not “advocate” abuse, a key word that is in the legislation, Dixon said.