Missouri Supreme Court upholds strict strip-club law
It’s a sad day for Missouri breast seekers. The state Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the state law passed last year putting severe restrictions on strip clubs didn’t violate the First Amendment or the state constitution. So, for now, strippers will have to remain somewhat clothed, and clubs will close at midnight and not serve booze.
The court decided that the law, which also disallows contact between dancers and customers, “didn’t ban sexually oriented businesses of any type,” the Star reports. “Rather, it seeks to reduce negative secondary effects associated with such businesses, including detrimental health and sanitary conditions, prostitution and drug-related crimes both inside and outside these locations, as well as deterioration of the surrounding neighborhoods,” the ruling said.
