Strip clubs are like Mormon temples

27 March 2009 @ 1:42 pm | 2 comments

Strip clubs are like Mormon temples. A NY judge rules to give a strip club a “dramatic arts” tax exemption because that kind of dancing is “no small feat” Thanks in part to a U. of Maryland’s dance scholar’s testimony – I’m so proud of my alma mater.

I understand the need to zealously represent your client but I don’t get the club’s attorney and playing the Mormon card for an Albany locale.

Nite Moves’ lawyer, Andrew McCullough, is a Mormon and a board member of the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. He told the New York Law Journal he sees similarities between objections to strip clubs and new Mormon temples.

“They say, ‘It’s lights, it’s traffic, it’s noise,’ ” he said. “But what they really mean is, ‘We don’t like your kind.’ ”

I’m not sure that’s the kind of defense either one needs.

Incidentally McCullough is also the head of the Utah Libertarian Party and has run for Utah State Attorney General a few times.

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  1. b.’s avatar

    b. on 27 March 2009 at 11:31 pm

    Yes, because being part of the Libertarian party is a bad thing.

    What difference does it make? It’s not like it makes a difference.

  2. David H. Sundwall’s avatar

    David H. Sundwall on 29 March 2009 at 5:06 pm

    It doesn’t make a difference but Mr. McCullough isn’t a nobody but of some accomplishment around Utah.

    I thought it was worth pointing out. I wasn’t trying to disparage Libertarians.