[lbo-talk] Strip club is planned near bondage parlor

Chuck chuck at mutualaid.org
Sat Oct 13 08:45:23 PDT 2007


Wendy Lyon wrote:


> That's a non-starter I think. The fact that a restriction advances a
> religious idea doesn't make it, ipso facto, a violation of the
> establishment clause. You'd have to show that the restriction is
> pretty much entirely religiously motivated. Strip club opponents could
> easily dredge up a few Dworkinites to counter that argument.

But it's pretty easy to show that religious groups and individuals almost always spearhead these campaigns. They are clearly using their religious beliefs to use the government to enforce their morality on adult businesses.

Chuck



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