A new Ohio law took effect today. Just for the record, I signed the petition to get it put on the ballot to be challenged. These ass-tight conservatives in Ohio couldn't stop with trying to rob a woman of her right to choose, they also had to kill some women's source of income by curbing the activities of adult clubs. Here's a slice of it:
Highlights of Senate Bill 16, also known as the Community Defense Act:
Requires "sexually oriented businesses" to close between midnight and 6 a.m. Clubs with liquor permits can remain open after midnight, but adult entertainment must cease.
This includes adult bookstores, video stores and motion-picture theaters, sexual-device shops and "sexual encounter" centers. It does not cover businesses selling or renting R-rated movies.
Prohibits touching a nude or semi-nude dancer, or their clothing, in a club, anywhere on the premises or the parking lot. This excludes members of the dancer's immediate family.
Touching a dancer's genitals, buttocks or the "female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola" is a first-degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Any other contact is a fourth-degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $250 fine.
Source: S.B. 16
And I thought all the crazy fundamentalists were in Iraq.
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