Atlanta Strip Clubs: Why does Forest Park hate boobs?
Posted on June 9th, 2011 in Atlanta strip clubs
Why does Forest Park hate boobs?
Council rethinks breastfeeding ban, but their battle against strip clubs rages on
by Gwynedd Stuart
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Forest Park certainly isn’t the first place to attempt to purge itself of strip clubs. Because the First Amendment protects “erotic expression” as a form of free speech, a popular way for municipalities and county governments to try to snuff out strip clubs is to prohibit them from selling alcohol. Some cities have been successful by quoting studies that show the “adverse secondary effects” strip clubs have on surrounding communities. The preamble to Forest Park’s embattled ordinance lists dozens of cities — from nearby Sandy Springs to not-so-nearby Seattle — where studies indicate that adult entertainment heightens crime and lowers property values. But Forest Park never performed its own study to see what effect its own clubs have had on criminal activity.
Galardi’s attorney, Aubrey Villines, says using outside studies to justify banning alcohol sales in Forest Park’s strip clubs demonstrates faulty logic.<b …
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