Posted on 01/13/2018 2:18:46 PM PST by tired&retired
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — In a case that pits freedom of expression and equality against public decency, three women are challenging a New Hampshire city ordinance prohibiting public nudity and taking it to the state's highest court.
Heidi Lilley, Kia Sinclair and Ginger Pierro were ticketed in 2016 in Laconia after they went topless at Weirs Beach over Memorial Day weekend. Pierro was doing yoga, while the other two were sunbathing.
Some beachgoers complained and a police officer asked them to cover up. When they refused, they were arrested. A legal motion to dismiss a case against the women was denied so they have appealed it to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, which is expected to hear the case Feb. 1. The women want to the court to dismiss their conviction by invalidating the city's ordinance.
The three women argue there's no state law forbidding female toplessness and that the ordinance is discriminatory since men are allowed to go shirtless. They also contend their constitutional rights to freedom of expression were violated.
"The law in the state of New Hampshire is that it is legal for a woman to go topless so we're trying to get the town of Laconia to recognize and to stay with the state," Lilley said. "The town ordinance, in our opinion, is not constitutional. We're hoping the Supreme Court will see that."
The women are part of the Free the Nipple movement,
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If those were brains, that woman would be a genius!!!
Plenty of torque all around.
She is probably just happy not to be sporting a pair of black eyes.
I'll lend a hand to support them!
This ought to perk up interest in the New Hampshire court appeals process
I volunteer to be the judge of who is allowed to go topless and who isn’t. I know it’s only $5 and hour, but it’s all I can afford.
Same as the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Some very nice ones and some old, floppy ones.
Agreed.......on my last vacation to Honduras, a German lady took up the lounge chair next to mine and took off her top..........Nothing I could do, running away would have been a sign of cowardice......
*Free Staters* in Keene. They show up and get arrested on the green every spring and summer, to make spectacles of themselves.
https://freekeene.com/2010/05/13/mastrophobes-outraged-over-topless-tuesdays/
Here’s the deal with breasticles. Once you have seen one set of boobs......you pretty much want to see them all.
How can I donate to the cause?
Isn’t this the law in England and France? Sadly, the only ones to go topless will be the ones who shouldn’t—But it would really tic off the Muslims.
In before topless pictures of Helen Thomas...
Even the mental interpretation of your words turned my stomach!
They’ll stop once their quota of Muslims are in place.
In this current femens METOO movement period , any male caught staring would probably be arrested for attempted rape and sexual harassment. /S
I would be more in favor of some sort of veto power over individual women.
I believe women have the right to go topless but, as all liberals believe, rights are subject to regulation so ... the proper ordinance should say “only good looking women can go topless.”
That has been my experience with topless beaches. You want to say to these women who shouldn't, "Put those away before somebody gets hurt."
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