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When judges set free speech issuesIt's not REALLY about free
speech
Yes, I know this case is about a politically unpopular business.
But I am not the one who claimed it is a free speech
issue.
Some of Houston's best-known topless clubs might have to relocate because of a federal judge's recent ruling, city officials said Monday. In the latest decision on local regulation of sexually oriented businesses, U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas has ruled the city can double, from 750 to 1,500 feet, the distance required between the clubs and "sensitive" areas including schools and churches. That new requirement could imperil dozens of topless clubs and adult book stores. Atlas wrote that the ordinance, passed in 1997, didn't violate the businesses' First Amendment rights because alternate sites are available where they could relocate and comply with the regulations. Get that? It's not restricting free speech because they can move. I can just see this being cited as precedent during the next G8 meeting. "Excuse me, you can't protest here. But you can protest 7 blocks over. And no, it's not infringing your freedom of speech because you can move." 
Posted: Wed - February 7, 2007 at 09:39 AM
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