April 06, 2005

Lap Dances Not Protected by First Amendment

When lap dances are outlawed, only outlaws will do lap dances. Appeals court upholds ban on lap dances. Via Interested Particpant who has more. I blame Bush for this creeping fascism......

UPDATE: Related. Strippers arrested for not wearing pasties.

A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider a January ruling that upheld La Habra's so-called "two-foot rule' banning lap dances. Strip-club owner Badi "Bill' Gammoh, who owns clubs in Anaheim, La Habra and Arcadia, challenged La Habra's 2003 ordinance that requires dancers to keep at least two feet away from customers.

Strippers also joined the suit, saying the law cost them lucrative earnings.

The suit claimed the ordinance was vague and illegally curtailed their freedom of expression.

But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a unanimous opinion Jan. 27, said the ordinance did not improperly limit Gammoh or the dancers' protected freedoms.

The appellate court on Friday denied another hearing.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 02:37 PM | |