Bikini-clad strippers protest church in rural Ohio

AP ^ | JEANNIE NUSS

[ConservativeStatement]

WARSAW, Ohio – Strippers dressed in bikinis sunbathe in lawn chairs, their backs turned toward the gray clapboard church where men in ties and women in full-length skirts flock to Sunday morning services.

The strippers, fueled by Cheetos and nicotine, are protesting a fundamentalist Christian church whose Bible-brandishing congregants have picketed the club where they work. The dancers roll up with signs carrying messages adapted from Scripture, such as "Do unto others as you would have done unto you," to counter church members who for four years have photographed license plates of patrons and asked them if their mothers and wives know their whereabouts.

The dueling demonstrations play out in central Ohio, where nine miles of cornfields and Amish-buggy crossing signs separate The Fox Hole strip club from New Beginnings Ministries.

[el_texicano]

I was sure there would be pictures to better judge the issues here...

[ElayneJ]

Maybe Mayor Bloomberg will issue a statement supporting the church builders and slamming the protestors for being ignorant and un-American.

[mquinn]

I may not agree with what they say, but I admire the way they say it...

[Joe 6-pack]

There were previous posts about this. The pics would only appeal to folks who like their strippers with c-section and appendectomy scars...

[Paleo Conservative]

[Mr. Lucky]

That’s clever.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Yahoo has pictures. Jury is hung.

[maddog55]

Based on that picture I’d recommend a one piece bathing suit for the strippers..

[dalight]

I was sure there would be pictures to better judge the issues here...

Wisely avoided them to preserve the cameras. The church ladies are cheering because these are definitely strippers you could imagine paying to put their clothes on.

So AP wanting to make a buck, decided to cool it on the pics lest it ruin a perfectly good story.

[bmwcyle]

The Strippers need to stay off the donuts.

[Ev Reeman]

Here’s what I would tell ‘em.

“You don’t tell us how and where to pray and we won’t tell you how to strip.”

[Vaquero]

The strippers, fueled by Cheetos and nicotine, are protesting a fundamentalist Christian church whose Bible-brandishing congregants have picketed the club where they work

....errr.....

here it comes....

....Tit for Tat.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Somehow I knew they’d be unattractive, overweight white trash “strippers”

Who’d pay for a lap dance from THAT?

[DJ MacWoW]

You forgot flab. They look a little “bouncy” in the wrong places.

[mountn man]

Terribly written article, and absolutely the most ignorant comments left at the sight. ALL Obama voters.

No wonder we have Obama for President. The chickens are coming home to roost.

[politicalmerc]

Guilty~

[VRWCmember]

If that is indicative of the strippers at the club, it is a miracle that it is still in business.

[Lazamataz]

They are some corn-fed girls.

[mountn man]

Ugggh...and these...girls get PAID to take their clothes OFF???