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Nevada Judge Throws Out Lap-Dance Law
2005-01-24
A Las Vegas law prohibiting strippers from fondling customers during lap dances is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled.
Ohfergawdsake! There's nothing vague about a lap dance!
District Court Judge Sally Loehrer affirmed a lower court ruling that as many as five misdemeanor criminal cases filed against Las Vegas strippers should be dismissed. Friday's ruling affects only dancers within city limits. The Clark County Commission in 2002 limited touching between strippers and patrons during private lap dances, specifically barring strippers from touching or sitting on the customer's genital area. But the municipal code was not as specific, saying only that strippers and their patrons should not ``fondle'' or ``caress'' each other. City attorneys told Loehrer touching is illegal when dancers engage in contact aimed at sexually arousing the customer. But defense lawyer James Colin argued the lack of specifics makes it impossible to enforce the law. ``It's too confusing,'' Colin said. ``No one knows.''
He's just doing his job, honest.
Under Loehrer's ruling, no dancer in the city can be arrested for violating the municipal code. The city is considering an appeal.
Posted by:Steve White

#15  The few tittie bars I've been in,if you so much as look like your going to touch one of the girls your going to have a big ass,mean mofo yanking your ass up by the short hair.
Posted by: Raptor   2005-01-24 5:26:41 PM  

#14  Prostitution is no worse than terrorism. A nuisance, really, and one we need to learn to live with.
Posted by: Do You Know Who I Am?   2005-01-24 3:07:58 PM  

#13  As a citizen of the Great State of Nevada I have only this to say:
We were going to ban lap dancing but leave prostitution legal?
Posted by: Secret Master   2005-01-24 3:06:23 PM  

#12  "Why, some of those women are the best friends I have!"
Posted by: mojo   2005-01-24 1:37:01 PM  

#11  Research indicates they love you more when your wallet is fat.
Posted by: Capsu78   2005-01-24 1:33:29 PM  

#10  however, Dockers pants with stainblocker™ will be required
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-24 11:14:14 AM  

#9  More people transfer AIDs with contacts begun at straight and gay bars in Las Vegas, than any establishment offering lap dances. One establishment operates on setting up people for potential exchanges of precious body fluids. The other only offers teasing. Now, which is a real threat to public health and safety?
Posted by: Anonymous7221   2005-01-24 11:00:00 AM  

#8  Lap dancing and strip clubs are a municipal nuisance, no worse than islamist terror.
Posted by: Do You Know Who I Am?   2005-01-24 10:47:05 AM  

#7  She will if the price is right.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-01-24 10:43:37 AM  

#6  Oh come on. This is a victimless crime, if it is even a crime. For those thinking that lap dancing will lead directly to sex with a stripper, you couldn't be more wrong. I spent a lot of time researching this in my younger years and just because she will do a lap dance doesn't mean she will have sex with you. The could have the same contact (or more) in any one of the many dance clubs in Vegas or any other city.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-01-24 10:18:36 AM  

#5  oh please...

come on guys, you've beat it long enough. Get off it already.
Posted by: 2b   2005-01-24 8:00:24 AM  

#4  I thought that was the point of a lap dance. Not that I would personally know or anything, I mean , oh, forget it.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2005-01-24 7:33:17 AM  

#3  I am certain that someone is out there doing plenty of research, groping for an understanding, straining to gauge the depths of the problem, thrusting with all of their might to reach . . . ummm . . . what was I talking about . . . ?
Posted by: Jame Retief   2005-01-24 7:02:33 AM  

#2  More important than any of the above: Who wants to be the first to codify in state law that: Sexual arousal in a male is defined as an erection. The arresting officer must gage the 'quality' of the erection before an arrest can be made and must testify in court the touching did not contribute to the erection.
Posted by: badanov   2005-01-24 6:55:38 AM  

#1  Surely male arousal is fairly easily gauged? At least for the purposes of the policeman making the arrest.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-01-24 6:52:26 AM  

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