Posted on 12/19/2006 7:22:45 PM PST by Snickering Hound
MILWAUKEE A federal judge threw out a civil rights lawsuit the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center filed after police shut down its production of "Naked Boys Singing."
The police department's vice squad shut down the nude musical revue in August 2005 because its organizers didn't have a license. But the city later determined the center didn't need the license because it's a nonprofit group, and the show resumed performances in October 2005.
The center was seeking more than 600-thousand dollars in damages, alleging violations of free speech and due process.
But U-S District Judge Charles Clevert dismissed the suit this week. He says that, in order to proceed, the center had to establish that the violations were part of a custom or policy by the municipality.
He says that wasn't the case in the matter because the vice squad doesn't have citywide decision-making authority.
This production of "Naked Boys Singing" is brought to you by NAMBLA. What a disturbing title.
They probably say that all singing boys are 18 years or age or older in fine print somewhere...
So doing indecent and immoral things on stage is ok in Milwaukee if you are a non profit organization?
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