02-22-2017, 07:21 PM
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Just read this news story and it reminded me of this thread.
Colorado town's ban on topless women put on hold by judge - WTVM.com-Columbus, GA News Weather & Sports
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DENVER (AP) - A Colorado judge has blocked a college town's law against women going topless, saying the law is likely unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said Tuesday that Fort Collins' ordinance is based on gender discrimination and issued an injunction against its enforcement.
Fort Collins' indecency code makes it a crime for women but not men to show their nipples.
The law "perpetuates a stereotype engrained in our society that female breasts are primarily objects of sexual desire, whereas male breasts are not," Jackson wrote.
Jackson accused city council members of falling prey to discriminatory thinking when they voted unanimously in 2015 to keep a law that prohibits the display of female breasts, rejecting a growing movement to remove gender-specific indecency codes.
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"My clients take a position that any statute with the words 'Women are prohibited from.' is unconstitutional, and I agree with them. Apparently so does a federal judge," Lane said in a statement Tuesday.
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