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Shelby County Adult Nightclubs File Federal Lawsuit Over Ordinance

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Seven adult nightclubs have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a Shelby County ordinance that bans beer sales and topless dancing at sexually oriented businesses.

The ordinance also requires dancers to stay six feet away from customers and from one another during performances.

Club owners argue that dance performances will be "unconstitutionally diminished" by the ordinance, which they also say will destroy the adult entertainment market in and around Memphis.

County officials say they had anticipated a legal challenge.

County commissioners say they based the ordinance on Tennessee's Adult-Oriented Establishment Registration Act of 1998, which courts have upheld twice.

It's your turn to Speak Up! Memphis.

Published Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:29 AM by smyers

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East Memphis said:

There was a time when I would have said it was no one's business whether there were adult clubs given a few zoning restrictions.

But after the obvious out of control crime and corruption in plain view of the many LEOs who frequented these clubs - CLOSE THEM DOWN.  

Open money laundering, prostitution, drug dealing, violent assaults, mob and motorcycle club connections, Danny Owens . . . . .

The topless scene in Memphis would make a great reality movie but no one would believe it.
January 29, 2008 12:51 PM
 

DOVER said:

"Club owners argue that dance performances will be "unconstitutionally diminished" by the ordinance, which they also say will destroy the adult entertainment market in and around Memphis."

Well, DUH! That's why the ordinance should be passed! These clubs are nothing but sewers and a breeding ground for prostitution, drugs and crime. If adults can't entertain themselves,  i.e. a spouse or significant other,  they should wave a white flag and give up.
January 29, 2008 1:21 PM
 

Static said:

These dancers are a menace to our society.They niether entertain me nor turn me on.They should all be gased,and the blackone should be buried and the white ones skould be axed up ,doused with gas and set afire,then buried.I WANT TO BE THE ONE WHO DOES ALL THIS
January 31, 2008 9:08 AM
 

C said:

I think that Static's comment is disgusting and cruel and I am shocked that this news station does not screen all comments before allowing them to be posted! Ok, so the ordinance needs to be passed. It is the best thing to do to clean up the clubs. But to imply that those girls need to die a horrible death is beyond psycotic. What about the CEOs who look at child pornography or what about the Priests who molest children or hey, what about the psycos who post garbage like the post above mine? That is truely the menace to society. Most of those girls have families and children at home. You may not agree with the choice they made to make their living and I may not agree either. But it was THEIR choice to make. To be perfectly honest, I think that Static should be contacted by the authorities because this kind of sounds like a threat to me...
January 31, 2008 1:51 PM
 

Static said:

i guess the'C' stands for censorship.
January 31, 2008 5:16 PM
 

Lil Memphis said:

Keep the clubs open. Sell booze there to. It brings revenue. People always wanna see negative things down here in memphis. Women dance all time with or wthout clothes. Who cares. Thats jus what they like to do. Men like to watch thats jus what we like to do. People let it go. I think we should have better quality dancers though. A lot those ladies look and smell like trash. lol
February 1, 2008 6:27 AM
 

Mrwhitey said:

OH
February 1, 2008 1:36 PM
 

Destinyv said:

She should be ashamed to show her face ever again and she needs to search her soul for jesus.
February 5, 2008 8:16 PM
 

JaneDoe said:

She should suffer first and pay later. She should sit in a lonely cell of thinking about what she did to a human being that didn't ask to come in this world.
February 5, 2008 8:21 PM
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