Posted on 05/09/2022 8:13:15 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
ORLANDO, Fla. — The attorney for two women who were denied entry into an Orlando strip club in 2018 because they weren’t with a man said Friday he plans to take their case to the Florida Supreme Court again because the issue is more than who can have fun at a gentlemen’s club.
It’s whether local governments can enact anti-discrimination ordinances that offer more protections than the Florida Civil Rights Act, said Matthew Dietz, a Miami attorney who represents Brittney Smith and Anita Yanes.
“We do believe that this issue is so important,” Dietz said. “We’re living in a time when these rights are being constricted.”
Dietz made the comments just hours after Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal on Friday refused to rehear the case following its ruling last March that a portion of Orange County’s human rights ordinance was unconstitutional because it is preempted by the Florida Civil Rights Act.
Appeals Court Judge John Harris, however, confirmed that the issue of whether all anti-discrimination cases should be filed through the state or if local governments are allowed to enact such ordinances beyond state law is “one of great public importance.” Judges Mary Alice Nardella and Carrie Ann Wozniak concurred.
That likely gives the Smith and Yanes the opportunity to have their case heard by the state Supreme Court, Dietz said, even though the high court declined to take up the case almost two years ago.
“The case is going to move forward, and the Florida Supreme Court is going to decide whether the Florida Civil Rights Act preempts local anti-discrimination ordinances,” Dietz said. “For the past 50 years, counties and municipalities in Florida have been passing anti-discrimination ordinances that protect the citizens in their counties and cities. ... Until today, those ordinances have been valid.”
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Well, lesbians, like - you know - in the movies were always a selling point I thought.
Crocodile Dundee says “that’s no Sheila”
looks like barry on the left ..
Looks like Barack finally went ahead and finished his transistion.
Where are they getting the money to do this case for years?
What is their payoff?
35 seconds....
Having lived in Orlando for 20 years (now live in South Fl) I can say this: Why would anyone want to go to a strip club in Orlando? Sure like most Florida cities there are plenty of beautiful women, but Orlando strip clubs have always been bottoms and pasties required. Drive 30 miles east to the beach and you will see more revealing attire and prettier women. Never went to a strip club while living there. Always drove over to Tampa when I felt the need and to waste money on nude women.
The dude on the left has moobs
A lot of guys go in those places actually thinking they might have a shot with a dancer......if it was common knowledge 90% of the dancers were lesbian, you think it would cause a drop off in revenue in these places?....I sure do.
Why does that dude on the left have two oranges in his shirt?
I’d believe it. A lot of women go that way after they were sexually abused by a man, and lot of women getting into stripping and related work are victims of sexual abuse.
Another “demographic” of these dancers is they are the “property” of bikers in a biker gang....at least that’s common where I am.
Did they try going through the employee’s entrance?
paging Mr Lazmataz.
Pleasse pick up the white (LOL) courtesy phone Mr. Lazmataz
Women:
Strip clubs smell like stale beer, patchouli oil, and broken dreams.
Two lesbians walk into a bar....................
Fat Lesbians is my guess.
They most likely go both ways
Hi.
Must be an Orlando city or Citrus county ordinance?
Tampa has no such restrictions.
Don’t ask.
5.56mm
I say let the women in. They are an income stream.
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