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Florida: Appeals Court Upholds Woman's Right
To Protest While Topless
Local 6 (Florida) ^ |
October 12, 2006
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Thursday, October 12, 2006 6:51:01 PM by
Stoat
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The Seventh Judicial
Circuit Court of
Appeals disclosed
Thursday that it
upheld a Volusia
County judge's
opinion that
Elizabeth Book could
protest while
topless on the
city's Main Street
Bridge.
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Appeals
Court Upholds Woman's Right To Protest While Topless
POSTED: 4:59 pm EDT
October 12, 2006
UPDATED: 5:33 pm EDT
October 12, 2006
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A woman, who was arrested
when she exposed her breasts to protest laws
that bar women from publicly going bare
breasted, can demonstrate topless as part of a
legitimate political protest, an appeals court
has ruled.
The Seventh Judicial
Circuit Court of Appeals on Oct. 5 upheld a
Volusia County judge's opinion that Elizabeth
Book could protest while topless on the city's
Main Street Bridge.
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Book, of Ormond Beach, was
arrested by Daytona Beach police and fined $253
during Bike Week in March 2004. The city said
she violated an ordinance banning public nudity
that was passed in 2002 to curb indecency at
special events.
Book's attorney,
Lawrence G. Walters, said the latest ruling is a
victory for his client, who set out to test laws
against nudity because she believes they are
unfairly applied to women. Deputy City Attorney
Marie Hartman said the city "respectfully
disagrees with the opinion." Hartman said the
city is looking into an appeal to the Fifth
District Court of Appeal.
Book also faces charges
in a separate case, where she was arrested for
appearing topless in front of topless Grecian
statues near a city auditorium in July 2005. She
has been charged with disorderly conduct in
connection with the incident.
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Police in Daytona
Beach arrested five topless women Sunday
during a protest over the city's
anti-nudity law, according to Local 6
News.
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The women, who
claimed the city's law was
unconstitutional removed their
shirts and were arrested.
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Liz Book
who staged a similar protest
last year, was videotaped on a
stage taking off her shirt.
Then, several women showed up
during the protest and took
their shirts off.
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The
women were handcuffed by
police officers and led away
from the protest.
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Daytona Beach and Book
apparently had an
agreement to have a
topless protest in the
city but the event had
to be on a covered
platform away from
traffic and the general
public, Local 6 News
reported.
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The city said the
supporters were
supposed to stay by
the covered state
area to avoid
arrest, according to
the report.
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"They started
making flagrant
and blatant
attempts to draw
attention to
their cause and
that exceeded
the purview of
our agreement,
"Daytona Beach
police spokesman
Brian Skipper
said. "These
supporters were
not part of the
original
understanding"
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Book claims
the city
said there
would not be
any arrests
at this
year's
protest.
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"They
just
made the
biggest
mistake
they
could
have
ever
made in
violating
this
agreement
and our
constitutional
rights,"
Book
said.
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Book
said
she
will
continue
the
fight
against
Daytona's
anti-nudity
law.
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"Daytona, who do they think they are to supercede the Constitution of the United States," Book said. "Big brother needs to leave his little sisters alone.
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Culture/Society;
Government;
News/Current Events
KEYWORDS:
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While this might seem cute and funny and perhaps even
sexy to some, consider the horrific impact upon the landscape when the
protesters who look more like Rosie O'Donnell or Helen Thomas want to
exercise their new "rights".....
1 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 6:51:02 PM by
Stoat
To: Stoat
Appeals Court Upholds Woman's Right To Protest
While Topless
This could be good, and this could be bad.
2 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 6:53:25 PM by
SteamShovel
To: Stoat
As long as they get the fuzzy focus treatment so
nobody can see a thing, it's fine with me.
Is there any way that fuzzy focus trick can just make the leftists, 'Rats
and scumbags disappear completely? ;)
3 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 6:53:36 PM by
mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh?
But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
To: Stoat
So then in Florida car jacking someone in protest of a
law making car jacking illegal is exercising their rights?
4 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 6:53:56 PM by
JLS
To: Stoat
I may be 50 or weigh 300 lbs - but I have the right to
gross you out....
blech, I have to go wash now.
5 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 6:54:38 PM by
ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for
children.)
To: SteamShovel
This could be good, and this could be bad.
Stoat perspective: Bad all 'round.
6 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 6:56:01 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: Stoat
I nominate Babwa Streisand, Helen Thomas and Janet
Reno to take the lead on this.
7 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 6:57:03 PM by
saganite (Billions and billions and
billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: Stoat
consider the horrific impact upon the landscape when
the protesters who look more like Rosie O'Donnell or Helen Thomas want to
exercise their new "rights".....
From looking at the photos, there were some RD and HT wannabes there. Should
have just stuck with my imagination.
8 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 6:57:29 PM by
crazyhorse691 (Diplomacy doesn't work when
seagulls rain on your parade. A shotgun and umbrella does.)
To: Stoat
At least this shows her "BETTER" side....
9 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 6:58:10 PM by
traditional1
To: SteamShovel
This could be good:
Let them protest topless in front of a mosque!
Let them decorate their, uh, attributes with pro-Israel, anti-jihad slogans!
Carrying signs with downward arrows: "Hey Achmed! They're tempting you!!"
10 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 6:58:24 PM by
elcid1970
To: crazyhorse691
To: Stoat
I live in Flagler Beach (about 15 Miles from Daytona)
Trust me these protesters are all scanks, its like why cant the Hot 22 year
olds get into the act? Ha Ha
12 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 6:59:36 PM by
cody32127 (When is The New York Times going to get
around to uncovering an al-Qaida secret program?)
To: traditional1
Uh-uh.
Judging from that girl's back, nobody wants to see
her front, except maybe a masochist.
13 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:00:45 PM by
AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC
Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: Stoat
Thank god for digital masking.
Ordinarily, I would support this because I am a
dog, but the womyn who protest like this are wallet packing bull dykes.
14 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:00:46 PM by
lormand (0 to 10,000,000 people read my posts
everyday)
To: Stoat
Under this ruling a man should be able to expose his
penis otherwise the law and the court itself should be sued for
discrimination.There are many outbursts like this all over the country and i
think it shows men are clearly more moral than women.
To: mkjessup
As long as they get the fuzzy focus treatment so
nobody can see a thing, it's fine with me.
Hate to tell you this, dude, but that wasn't the
focus that was fuzzy . . .
16 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:00:58 PM by
Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal
when I married her.)
To: mkjessup
As long as they get the fuzzy focus treatment so
nobody can see a thing, it's fine with me.
Is there any way that fuzzy focus trick can just make the leftists, 'Rats
and scumbags disappear completely? ;)
WONDERFUL IDEA!!!
<<<phoning Carl Zeiss in Germany to ask them to get
right on this essential development
17 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:01:25 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: traditional1
aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!
This thread needs a visual pallet cleansing...
18 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:02:31 PM by
lormand (0 to 10,000,000 people read my posts
everyday)
To: Stoat
Ugh! Anything you want lady, just put the bra and
shirt back on.
19 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:03:15 PM by
Nachum
To: Stoat
Not sure how I feel about this. I think I need to see
the evidence.
20 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:03:32 PM by
Defiant (Do you realize if the Star Wars creator's
last name was Thomas, we would have Tom Skywalker?)
To: JLS
So then in Florida car jacking someone in protest
of a law making car jacking illegal is exercising their rights?
Your airtight logic is unassailable and will likely
be implemented in short order by the more thoughtful carjackers and their
attorneys.
21 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:03:54 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: Stoat
I look forward to her followup protest against the
cheese-eating surrender monkeys....
22 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:03:55 PM by
steve-b (It's hard to be religious when certain
people don't get struck by lightning.)
To: Stoat
What if I'm offended? (that argument works for blacks,
Muslims, and faggots/dykes)?
To: ASOC
I may be 50 or weigh 300 lbs - but I have the right
to gross you out....
blech, I have to go wash now.
Be sure to get in line for the washroom quickly as
I have no doubt that yours will be the overwhelming reaction shared by all
except Rosie O'Donnell and her pals.....
24 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:07:01 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: traditional1
So you are bragging now? Was it your first date? The
yellow rose shows a deep attraction(physical) is present.
25 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:07:13 PM by
crazyhorse691 (Diplomacy doesn't work when
seagulls rain on your parade. A shotgun and umbrella does.)
To: saganite
...Helen Thomas and Janet Reno...While Topless
NOooo! :D
26 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:07:39 PM by
skinkinthegrass (Just b/c your paranoid; Doesn't
mean they're NOT out to get you. :^)
To: Stoat
"Daytona, who do they think they are to supercede
the Constitution of the United States," Book said. "Big brother needs to
leave his little sisters alone."
First off, which article of the Constitution states
that Congress shall pass no law prohibiting bare boobage? Second, none of
these "little sisters" look too liittle to me.....
27 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:08:09 PM by
NRA1995 (Clinton "tried", 3000 died)
To: saganite
I nominate Babwa Streisand, Helen Thomas and Janet
Reno to take the lead on this.
You are an extremely cruel person :-)
28 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:08:42 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: Stoat
Can the court guarantee that the womens breasts will
be upheld?
29 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:14:16 PM by
DejaJude (Admiral Clark said, "Our mantra today is
life, liberty and the pursuit of those who threaten it!")
To: DejaJude
Can the court guarantee that the womens breasts
will be upheld?
You have brought up an essential point, and I would
suggest that you organize a Board of Overseeing which will take tangible
steps to insure that the protesters do not cause visual pollution in the
community. Just as various organizations have successfully lobbied against
ugly, large or overly numerous billboards on the grounds that they create
'visual pollution in a community, steps need to be taken that the protesters
do not inflict a similar blight upon their community. You and your Staff
could draw up specifications for any exposed mammary elements involved, and
provide consulting as well as engineering services, onsite, to rectify any
documented violations.
30 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:20:02 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: Stoat
"Ack" is right. These women should first try this in
Iran or Saudi Arabia first. If they can survive for 24 hours, then they can
bare it all here.
31 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:21:48 PM by
kromike
To: Stoat
Can pedophiles have sex with children as a protest
against laws against pedophilia?
32 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:25:44 PM by
bahblahbah
To: kromike
"Ack" is right. These women should first try this
in Iran or Saudi Arabia first. If they can survive for 24 hours, then they
can bare it all here.
I'm guessing that these foul skanks don't even have
any idea of how horribly a woman is treated in those countries, and most
likely wouldn't understand at all if you were to make a suggestion that they
be just a bit more appreciative of how absolutely wonderful a country the
United States is. These are people who have no clue and don't want one.
33 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:28:25 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: Stoat
I wonder if the judge would be so lenient if the
protestor was male and elected to protest bottomless.
34 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:31:10 PM by
IronJack
To: bahblahbah
Can pedophiles have sex with children as a protest
against laws against pedophilia?
I have no doubt that this ruling will be seized
upon by NAMBLA as a viable precedent and will take your proposition all the
way to the Supreme Court,
35 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:31:23 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: IronJack
I wonder if the judge would be so lenient if the
protestor was male and elected to protest bottomless.
I'm sure that the Massachusetts court which
legalized 'gay marriage' would be very 'open' to such a suggestion..
36 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:33:52 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: crazyhorse691
consider the horrific impact upon the landscape
when the protesters who look more like Rosie O'Donnell or Helen Thomas
want to exercise their new "rights".....
From looking at the photos, there were some RD and HT wannabes there.
Should have just stuck with my imagination.
The most frighteningly ugly women on Earth will be
the first ones wanting to do this, as they are the ones who are the most
desperate for attention and who have the least to lose. The good looking
women will have no need or inclination to do this, as they understand the
lure of suggestive concealment as opposed to glaring, unrestrained
exposure..
37 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:53:27 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: Nightshift; Joe Brower; cyn
What?
I am speechless!
38 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:55:36 PM by
tutstar (Baptist ping list-freepmail to get on or
off)
To: Stoat
Toplessness is not free speech. It is public
indecency.
To: traditional1
At least this shows her "BETTER" side....
And this side makes me want to quickly turn away in
disgust. Florida's Finest should get hazard-duty pay for this sort of
operation; they are very much in our debt for doing such an awful job that
benefited the community so much.
40 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:57:45 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: Stoat
Judicial activism run amock.
41 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:58:13 PM by
Ciexyz (Satisfied owner of a 2007 Toyota Corolla.)
To: Unam Sanctam
Toplessness is not free speech. It is public
indecency.
Yes, and it's also visual pollution in this
particular context.
42 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 7:59:16 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: lormand
NOT GUILTY!
43 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 8:00:48 PM by
Inge_CAV
To: steve-b
"I thank Thee, Lord, for granting me, Thy humble
servant, this heavenly vision of some of the beautiful things which Thou
hast made!"
(We love Belly Girl!)
Ah, so! Numbah One! Belly nice!
44 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 8:08:11 PM by
elcid1970
To: Stoat
Sheesh! What a bunch of ninnys! BRAHAHAHAHA! ;)
45 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 8:14:36 PM by
Chena ("I'm not young enough to know everything."
(Oscar Wilde))
To: Stoat
This sounds like a worthy cause the Miami Dolphin
cheerleaders should get behind!
46 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 8:17:24 PM by
Terpin (Missing: One very clever and insightful
tagline. Reward for safe return!)
To: Stoat
The good looking women will have no need or
inclination to do this, as they understand the lure of suggestive
concealment as opposed to glaring, unrestrained exposure..
And they also understand that they can make money
doing this at the Doll House as opposed to giving it away...
47 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 8:25:32 PM by
Triggerhippie (Always use a silencer in a crowd.
Loud noises offend people.)
To: traditional1
What is it with you sick people?
48 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 8:29:56 PM by
TWfromTEXAS (We are at war - Man up or Shut up.)
To: Terpin
This sounds like a worthy cause the Miami Dolphin
cheerleaders should get behind!
49 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 8:32:36 PM by
Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a
Strong America)
To: cody32127
"why cant the Hot 22 year olds get into the act? Ha
Ha"
They don't need this to attract males.
I guess.
50 posted on Thursday,
October 12, 2006 8:33:51 PM by
Ole Okie
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