07-04-2006, 03:03 PM
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RIP Dodger. BEST.CAT.EVER
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: NYC Area
Posts: 18,450
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Originally Posted by baddog
Oh, is public nudity allowed in Manhattan?
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If police arrive on the scene, he pulls from his coat pocket a landmark 1992 ruling from the state Court of Appeals. It legalizes a woman's right to appear topless in public ? and for that, Matter thanks Rochester's "Topfree 7."
In June 1986, seven women at Cobbs Hill Park removed their shirts to protest a state law prohibiting public breast-baring. They were arrested for indecent exposure. City Court Judge Herman J. Walz dismissed the charges six months later, ruling that the protesters were exercising their right to freedom of speech. But he didn't concede their main argument ? that the breast-baring law was unconstitutional.
Topfree 7 leaders Mary Lou Schloss and Ramona Santorelli waged a six-year court battle that ended with victory in 1992. The Court of Appeals gave women the right to appear topless in public if they avoided lewd behavior or exposure for commercial purposes.
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