Want to Save Your Community? Make Porn Shops Move Further Away!
TRENTON, N.J. – I’ve always felt that whether 1000 feet is a significant distance depends largely on the context of the measurement. For example, if you’re a football team facing ...
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New Study: Adult Entertainment Venues Lower Crime Rates
It’s an oft-repeated fallacy that adult entertainment leads to more sex crimes. This misguided mindset has been proven wrong again and again by legitimate research, but it’s nevertheless a long-standing ...
Legislators Love the “Secondary Effects” of Adult Entertainment
Let’s say you’re a socially conservative state legislator (or, more to the point, a legislator who represents a district packed with social conservatives) and you want to cook up some ...
Appellate Court: In Itself, Being Almost Naked Isn’t ‘Expressive Conduct’
In a decision issued earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that employees of "bikini barista" stands in Everett, Washington hadn't shown that their ...
NY Bill Would Set $2 Surcharge on “Sexually Oriented Media”
A member of the New York General Assembly has introduced a bill which would establish a $2 surcharge on all "sexually oriented media" sold in NY. In addition to magazines, ...
Bowling for Boobies in Mineral Point? The NIMBYs Say No
Who wouldn't want to live across the street from a topless bowling alley? Or possible even a topless bowling alley/sportsbook bar? NIMBYs, the buzzkills responsible for killing all the fun ...
Appeals Court: Exotic Dancers in Louisiana Must Be 21+
A panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled an Act which amends two Louisiana laws regulating strip clubs is not unconstitutionally vague or over-broad. ...
Why the Fight Over Sex Robot Brothels Won’t be About “Prostitution”
With sex doll brothels opening in several cities around the globe, local governments are moving to prevent them from doing so in their area. Despite being termed "brothels," the legal ...
Opinion: The “Secondary Effects” Doctrine Still Sucks
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to zoning ordinances established by Sandy Springs, Georgia, in a case which got started back in 2006. Declining to ...
Zoning: the Least-Level Playing Field Under the Law
NEW YORK – In a case that reaches back to the days of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his campaign to eliminate adult businesses from Times Square (among other places in the ...
