Re: Public Nudity - Our Community

[WMSteed@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/19/02 8:39:57 AM, kron4155@uidaho.edu writes:

<< No one has said that the female breast is the same to the male breast.
We are only saying that this difference doesn't necessitate difference
treatments in the eyes of the law. >>

But the law apparently does allow it.  Yesterday's (7/18) Moscow Daily News 
FRONT page story mentioned many court decisions which have upheld laws that 
regulate female, but not male, breasts, as constitutional when questioned on 
this point.  It went on to state that courts have rejected the idea that such 
laws violate the equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution or equal 
rights amendments of state constitutions.  It said that most courts have 
rejected the argument saying female breasts are different from male breasts 
because they are generally understood to be "private areas."

Walter Steed