Nude Dancing At Clubs Not In Line With “Pure Michigan” Theme Says Michigan Senator

[Blue_Tires]

LANSING (WWJ) – Michigan Senator Rick Jones is introducing legislation that would bar nude dancing at alcohol-serving bars and clubs. This follows a naked performance by dancers at a Lansing gay bar.

Jones says having places that have nude dancing is against the whole “Pure Michigan” theme.

“We spend millions of dollars saying this is pure Michigan – where you should bring your family for vacation. Not Michigan with nudie bars,” said Jones.

“I don’t want these popping up on every corner,” said Jones. “I think it could happen to every city if we don’t put a stop to it.”

“There’s a bar in Lansing that found a little loophole in the law and started it,” he said. ” So I’m working with the attorney general to craft legislation that is constitutional to take care of this problem. Now I don’t believe that the founding fathers – when they were talking about freedom of speech meant nude dancing in bars.”

Last year a Federal judge ruled that Michigan’s liquor control laws related to nudity were unconstitutional because it violated First Amendment rights.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/11/18/nude-dancing-at-clubs-not-in-line-with-pure-michigan-theme-says-michigan-senator/

Nope; not the Onion

[hobbit709]

1. W@onder what his particular lttle quirk will turn out to be?

[flying rabbit]

25. My first thought as well

[randome]

2. So nude dancing anywhere BUT bars and clubs?

Not sure if he's thought this through.
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[polichick]

3. This guy probably has an addiction and wants a new law to stop him.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Scratch a prude and you'll find a perv. nt

[CFLDem]

32. Every. Single. Time. n/t

[HappyMe]

4. SINNERS REPENT!!!11

Nothing else to do?

[BlueJazz]

6. I was in Michigan once. A truly disgusting state.

Even the cats and dogs were naked as a jaybird. I, for one, refuse to live among such filth.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Pure Michigan?

He is pure stupid!

[jayfish]

8. "Pure"

[Laelth]

9. Weak. k&r for exposure (pun intended). n/t

-Laelth

[Scuba]

21. Bwahahahahahaha!

[Capt. Obvious]

10. Benjamin Franklin loved his nude ladies

[Xithras]

27. I was going to point that out...the "founding fathers" weren't prudes.

This guy may want to look up the definition of "Bawdy Houses". They not only operated openly and within the bounds of the law in the mid 1700's, but they were present in every major colonial city from New England to the Atlanta. Heck, Philadelphia...the spiritual "home" where America itself was founded, was known as "Sin City" long before Vegas was a glimmer in the mobs eye, primarily because it had so many bawdy houses and brothels.

You could find naked women in any of them.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. "Pure Michigan" is a tourism advertising campaign ...

... that seeks to draw visitors.

There is, as yet, no requirement that all tourists have to visit any club with nude dancing.

If Senator Rick Jones did not appreciate the dancers at the gay bar in Lansing, he doesn't have to go there again. Unless, of course, his campaign contributors take him there. Then he has no choice.

He's right, the founding fathers never thought about nude bars in Michigan. They probably never thought about Michigan at all, except that there was a vast unknown wilderness west of Pennsylvania.

[liberal N proud]

12. It is funny how they will pass laws against what they think is "morally" wrong, but

then they condemn laws that either protect people and property and liberty.


Oh and I bet he thinks that guns in bars are a good thing.

[Deep13]

13. Pure Michigan? Has he been to Detroit? nt

[BeeBee]

14. I'm guessing he wouldn't have had a problem with it if it had been a straight bar. n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

15. Surely, an excessive desire for purity belongs in the DSM somewhere

[Warren DeMontague]

16. Another reason to come to Oregon.

http://www.bakercityherald.com/Columns/Free-speech-and-lap-dances-Oregon-s-curious-Constitution

[Botany]

17. I stopped into this club for a beer and I was shocked to see naked people.

I admit nudie bars and strip joints are a blight on a neighborhood and should be limited
but they are real easy to stay out of ..... BTW now just how did Michigan Senator Rick Jones
find this gay bar with nude dancing?

[RKP5637]

30. Excellent question. These guys always have a preoccupation with gay stuff. n/t

[Botany]

36. never fails!

as a straight man I have found not having to have sex w/men pretty
damn simple ...... although some of my best friends are gay or lesbians.

[RKP5637]

38. Yep, it's a no brainer. I've never ceased to be amazed at how some are literally

preoccupied with other peoples sexual activities, relationships and the like. Some, judge an entire persons being on their sex and/or sexual orientation. I find it quite bizarre, they are fixated on the 7th grade playground. For others, I think it's another form of bullying, and for others, they just have to have someone/group to hate.

Often in my unscientific observations, it often seems those most vocal have some real sexual identify problems, so they have to strike out to calm their internal insecurities.

As I've told some, often it does not matter who you are, what you do, etc., about 50% of the world is going to hate you for some nefarious reason.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

34. I'm sure he was just there on a fact finding mission.

[Botany]

37. I am sure that he was just shocked to find out he was in a gay bar.

and 8 hours later and with his credit card @ it's limit and after getting a private shower
and rub down from Mr. Chaz ($500 cash) he knew he had to put a stop to all that nasty
stuff.

The older I get and the more I hear from some dude complaining about "the gays" the more
I think that man has some sort of same sex attraction.

[X_Digger]

18. "popping up"- *snort* n/t

[RKP5637]

28. LOL

[Emelina]

19. With the terrible economy...

The military, a big box store or nude dancing. What a choice for the class of 2013.

[surrealAmerican]

20. Do tourists really bring their children to bars?

Is the main purpose of your state to be a tourist destination?

[Scuba]

22. What? What?

[NobodyHere]

23. Whatever happened to the good ol' days

When a man could take his family to an alcohol-serving bars and clubs and not worry about nude strippers?

[Danascot]

24. If Republican Michigan lawmakers just took a pledge

to not patronize nude clubs they'd all go out of business.

[RKP5637]

26. GMAFB! One more step backward for mankind. n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. Took the family vacation to Michigan and we ended up in a nudie bar!!!!!

I wasn't expecting that.

[AndyA]

31. Yeah, Michigan has set the bar pretty high

With the governor appointing City Managers to fleece the taxpayers of property that belongs to them, paid for with taxpayer money.

But let's ignore that, let's focus on the nude dancing at bars, that's truly offensive.

[MrScorpio]

33. Oh Jeez. Grow up, will ya? nt

[etherealtruth]

35. Oh hell i didn't know we had them here

... nor was I aware they were a problem

[SalmonChantedEvening]

39. After being there for an hour and a half, the Senator left, shocked and offended.