Federal judge orders Fort Collins to “free the nipple” — from city regulation

[corbe]

Federal judge orders Fort Collins to “free the nipple” — from city regulation 

Judge ruled the city ordinance discriminated against women and perpetuated sexualization of breasts

By Danika Worthington | dworthington@denverpost.com   | The Denver Post

February 22, 2017 at 7:43 pm


Fort Collins women are now free to walk down the street without a shirt on — not that they necessarily plan to.

U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson granted an injunction Wednesday halting a Fort Collins ordinance that prohibited women from showing their breasts in public, saying it discriminated against women and perpetuated stereotypes that sexualized female breasts.

“I find that the ordinance discriminates against women based on the generalized notion that, regardless of a woman’s intent, the exposure of her breasts in public (or even in her private home if viewable by the public) is necessarily a sexualized act,” Jackson wrote. “Thus, it perpetuates a stereotype engrained in our society that female breasts are primarily objects of sexual desire whereas male breasts are not.”

Although the case has not been finished, Jackson wrote that he would grant the injunction in part because he believes he will ultimately find that the ordinance violates the Equal Protection Clause.

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http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/22/topless-fort-collins-free-the-nipple-regulation/

[corbe]

   @Mod is this OK?

[geronl]

we live in a sick and perverted society

I expect a judge to declare birth the new age of consent any day now

[Norm Lenhart]

Federal judge orders Fort Collins to “free the nipple” — from city regulation 

Judge ruled the city ordinance discriminated against women and perpetuated sexualization of breasts

In related news, Pornhub stock plummeted as men of the planet suddenly realized they'd been wrong about boobs all this time.

/s

[Frank Cannon]

In related news, Pornhub stock plummeted as men of the planet suddenly realized they'd been wrong about boobs all this time.

/s

What is this Pornhub you speak of? I never heard of it.

BTW, this "Judge" social justice warrior is an Obama appointee.

[Oceander]

So how many guys in Ft. Collins are really that disturbed by this ruling?

[Wingnut]

So how many guys in Ft. Collins are really that disturbed by this ruling?

The ones with Gynecomastia? 
 

[Oceander]

The ones with Gynecomastia? 
 

Why?

[The_Reader_David]

Complaints against this sort of ordinance are usually brought by breastfeeding mothers.  And no, feeding your infant is not about sex, thus the judge is correct, even if the passages from the decision make the point inelegantly.

[Free Vulcan]

Is this a judge ruling on the law, or some pontificating liberal religious figure proclamating some fatwa? I can't really tell at this point.

[thackney]

Is this a judge ruling on the law, or some pontificating liberal religious figure proclamating some fatwa? I can't really tell at this point.

Samantha Six, left, was a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against the city of Fort Collins, contesting its ban on women appearing topless in public. The plaintiffs prevailed on Wednesday.

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/2017/02/22/judge-women-can-go-topless-fort-collins/98276038/

[Idiot]

Samantha Six, left, was a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against the city of Fort Collins, contesting its ban on women appearing topless in public. The plaintiffs prevailed on Wednesday.

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/2017/02/22/judge-women-can-go-topless-fort-collins/98276038/

Looks like the guy on the right is checking out the goods.
And women with tats.....UGHHHHHHH

[jmyrlefuller]

http://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-frees-nipples-in-fort-collins/

by Emma Gannon
February 24, 2017

Fort Collins, Colorado, cannot ban women from exposing their breasts in public, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Free the Nipple sued the city of 161,000 in May 2016, challenging its ordinance No. 134, which banned girls and women older than nine from exposing their breasts in public unless they were breastfeeding.

U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson on Wednesday a preliminary injunction preventing Fort Collins from enforcing the ordinance. Jackson found the ordinance “likely” violates the Equal Protection Clause.

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Full ruling:
http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Nipple-Order.pdf

[Norm Lenhart]

And now comes the flood of boobs on liberal boobs no one wants to see to begin with.

[dfwgator]

And now comes the flood of boobs on liberal boobs no one wants to see to begin with.

Yep, think Lena Dunham.

[Norm Lenhart]

Yep, think Lena Dunham.

Do I really have to?

It's 'The Nude Beach paradox' inland: People who would go to a nude beach are the people who shouldn't go NEAR a nude beach.

[corbe]

[geronl]

So how many guys in Ft. Collins are really that disturbed by this ruling?

the ones with children and morals

[Hondo69]

Government being what it is I would expect a whole slew of regulations in our future governing boob size, projection, age, etc.  Which means my patent for a boob meter might just pay off in the end.

[GtHawk]

I don't know why, but when I saw this post I couldn't help thinking a little Rusty Warren would be appropriate............er, was there supposed to be an in before that last word?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOMQzNXb0zo&list=PL1hFxoBJcZYcfhiuUhBMb8BIoIQTMRecQ

[Smokin Joe]

Well, this pair will be happy they don't have to cover up...



One question...Does this mean Sharia Law is out?