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NATURIST ACTION COMMITTEE
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http://www.naturistsociety.com/NAC/
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DATE : July 22, 2003
SUBJECT: Windham, CT proposed indecency ordinance
TO : Connecticut naturists
Dear Connecticut Naturist,
The Board of Selectmen of Windham, Connecticut has scheduled a public hearing
to address a proposed new public indecency ordinance. The Naturist Action
Committee asks you to attend the hearing.
WHEN: Thursday, July 24, 2003 at 6:00 PM
WHERE: Windham Middle School Auditorium, 123 Quarry Street,
Willimantic, Connecticut
The original public hearing on this issue, scheduled for July 22, 2003, at
7:00 PM has been canceled.
BACKGROUND
An application has been brought before the Town's zoning commission for an
adult entertainment establishment at what is now Mr. Luckyâ?Ts Café on West Main
Street. In response, the Board of Selectmen has been asked to consider what
they've been told is an "Erie, Pennsylvania-style" public indecency ordinance.
The Erie ordinance was upheld in 2000 by a ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court, but
the proposed Windham ordinance does NOT follow the Erie model faithfully.
The complete text of the proposed Windham ordinance is available on the web
site of the Naturist Action Committee.
http://www.naturistsociety.com/NAC
Click on "Local Issues."
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE?
The wording of the proposed ordinance is far too broad. It infringes on the
rights of artists, naturists and others, and places mere nudity in the same
category as "deviate sexual intercourse" in a public place.
This one-size-fits-all type of ordinance:
a) criminalizes women's breasts, but not those of men,
b) prohibits nude models for traditional art classes,
c) bans theatrical plays incorporating nudity (e.g., Hair, Equus),
d) threatens to make sex criminals out of naturists,
e) has not presented or established a sufficient link
between nudity and claimed negative secondary effects,
f) invites legal challenges the Town cannot afford.
WHAT IS NAC DOING?
The Naturist Action Committee has been in contact with Town officials and has
submitted a differently worded Model Ordinance as an alternative. NAC
questions at this time the necessity of adopting any such ordinance at all, but the
substitute, as proposed by NAC, would at least address local concerns about
adult businesses without doing major damage to the rights of naturists.
YOUR TURN! NAC ASKS YOU TO ATTEND THE HEARING ON THURSDAY
NAC is issuing an urgent call for naturists to attend the hearing on
Thursday. It's especially important that local naturists attend, but citizens from
outside the town will be allowed to speak at the hearing.
A great deal of popular support for the proposed ordinance is anticipated at
the hearing. It is absolutely essential that naturist voices be heard opposing
the ordinance! Even if you do not choose to speak, your presence as an
observer can still be important. Plan to be at the meeting a half hour early, if
possible.
ALSO IMPORTANT! NAC ASKS YOU TO CONTACT WINDHAM SELECTMEN
Whether or not you can attend the meeting, a brief phone call or e-mail will
help!
Selectmen Barbara McGrath, Tom DeVivo and Tom Millerd have already expressed
doubt publicly about the appropriateness and constitutionality of the proposed
ordinance. Other selectmen have not commented publicly.
WHOM TO CONTACT
(Phone numbers are daytime phones.)
First Selectman Michael T. Paulhus TEL (860)465-3004
FAX (860)-465-3110 email: mikepaul@snet.net
Selectman
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