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Alabama OKs latex as bikini alternative
Houston Chronicle ^ | 12-28-2006 | JAY REEVES

Posted on 12/28/2006 7:09:49 AM PST by Cagey

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — The strippers at Sammy's have a few tools of the trade: Thongs, garter belts stuffed with $1 bills, 6-inch heels — and now, spray-on bikinis.

Under a settlement between 18 adult nightclubs and the Alabama attorney general's office, dancers are spritzing their buttocks and breasts with flesh-colored latex to comply with the state's anti-nudity law, one of the nation's most restrictive.

The Alabama law that regulates exotic dancers states that any skin that would normally be covered by a modest bikini must be swathed in an opaque covering. But the law doesn't specify what kind of material must be used, so, in the legal sense, a nylon swimsuit and spray-on latex are virtually the same.

Club operators figured out that a combination of thongs and latex spray — most commonly used as theatrical makeup — would meet the law's restrictions if dancers used the rubber to cover themselves in just the right places.

The state, which already was defending against a lawsuit filed by strip clubs challenging the law, says it reluctantly went along with the clubs rather than having a federal judge follow through on his threat to throw out the entire statue as unconstitutional.

"The choice we were faced with was some covering or no covering," said Keith Miller, the chief deputy attorney general.


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1 posted on 12/28/2006 7:09:50 AM PST by Cagey
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To: MotleyGirl70; Larry Lucido; Mr. Brightside; Rb ver. 2.0

And, you want to be my latex salesman?


2 posted on 12/28/2006 7:10:59 AM PST by Cagey
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To: Cagey

Pics???!!!


3 posted on 12/28/2006 7:12:21 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: Cagey

HERE'S TO ALL SINGLE MOMS WORKING THROUGH COLLEGE!!


4 posted on 12/28/2006 7:13:00 AM PST by HOTTIEBOY (I'm your huckleberry)
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To: Cagey

I want to apply the masking...


5 posted on 12/28/2006 7:22:59 AM PST by Max in Utah (WWBFD? "What Would Ben Franklin Do?")
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To: Cagey

What a stupid law.


6 posted on 12/28/2006 7:25:04 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: The_Victor
What a stupid law.

Add it to the list. It includes 99% of all of them.

7 posted on 12/28/2006 7:28:07 AM PST by miltonian
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To: Cagey

IBTP


8 posted on 12/28/2006 7:28:56 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: Cagey

9 posted on 12/28/2006 7:30:00 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Cagey
There's no skirting the law in Alabama...

10 posted on 12/28/2006 7:55:09 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: Cagey
Why isn't this in "Breaking News?"
11 posted on 12/28/2006 8:17:06 AM PST by ken5050
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To: Cagey

Vandelay Industries, to the rescue!

12 posted on 12/28/2006 8:19:06 AM PST by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: Cagey; MotleyGirl70; Mr. Brightside; Rb ver. 2.0

I was thinking more along the lines of latex sprayer.


13 posted on 12/28/2006 8:43:44 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido; Cagey; MotleyGirl70; Rb ver. 2.0
I was thinking more along the lines of latex sprayer.

Or finger-painting?

14 posted on 12/28/2006 9:02:45 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: snarks_when_bored
I'll say:


15 posted on 12/28/2006 10:57:10 AM PST by NCC-1701 (To boldly go where no FReeper has gone before. Live long and prosper.)
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To: Cagey; pissant

Alabama's next step will be to require an alternative to latex for those with allergies...


16 posted on 12/28/2006 8:15:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I updated my profile Saturday, December 23, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jaydubya2

she is covered.

17 posted on 12/31/2006 8:17:36 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* ?I love you guys?)
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