SACto mammaphobes try to squelch topfree protest

[ Mammaphobic U.S. judge bans peace breasts.]


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Saturday, November 5, 2005
(SF Chronicle)

SACRAMENTO/
Judge tosses a blanket on topless protest/

Breasts Not Bombs told nudity
not part of free-speech rights

Lynda Gledhill, Greg Lucas,
[SF] Chronicle Sacramento Bureau
Copyright ©2005 SF Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/05/BAGOLFJBB11.DTL


Sacramento -- A federal judge denied on Friday [ 4 Nov. 2005]
a request from a group of Mendocino women who
wanted to protest topless on the grounds of the [California] state
Capitol.


U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell said the group made no compelling
argument that showing their breasts constitutes free speech.
"Being topless is not inherently expressive" speech, Burrell said.


The group, Breasts Not Bombs, had scheduled a protest for noon Monday [ Nov. 7,
the day before a statewide special election].


The California Highway Patrol threatened to arrest anyone [* ]
who went topless.


Sherry Glaser, a leader of the group, said the protest may take place
without bare breasts.
"All we really have is the power of ourselves," she said.
"Our bodies bring attention."


Group members, whose protest on the west steps of the Capitol is intended
to contrast the "indecent" initiatives backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on the November [8th ] ballot with their "natural and decent" breasts,
sought a temporary restraining order prohibiting CHP officers
from arresting women who protest topless.

The First Amendment protects their right to protest bare breasted, the
group argued. "The very act is a dynamic and fully expressive statement
worthy of constitutional protection," their brief asserts.

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please see:

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[ Comment by SUN:

" The California Highway Patrol threatened to arrest anyone [* ]
who went topless."

Really?

Would the Chips arrest a MAN who goes topless?

Or will they apply
a double standard,
discriminating against females? ]

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