Don't make us call you chicken: take the public debate challenge!

["Muscovites for Equal Rights" <idahomer@hotmail.com>]

We are still looking for someone to debate and tell us why this ordinance is 
necessary.

Part of the Civil Rights Celebration will be devoted to educating the public 
about Moscow's new nudity ordinance.  In order to provide even coverage, we 
are challenging those who support the ordinance to a public debate.
An hour or so during the Celebration will be devoted to this debate.  
Participants will appear on the stage in East City Park and will be 
moderated by a neutral person.  Participants will follow time guidelines set 
by the moderator.
So, we are looking for someone who wants to take this challenge.  Let the 
public know why you think this ordinance is necessary for Moscow.
We are also looking for a moderator.
Please respond if interested.

Muscovites for Equal Rights is organizing a Civil Rights Celebration to be 
held in East City Park in Moscow on Saturday 9/7 from 11 to 7pm. The intent  
of the Celebration is to recognize the freedoms of Americans and promote the 
expansion of freedoms to those repressed. Equal rights to all will be a  
theme, highlighted by the campaign to rescind Moscow's nudity ordinance.

Mark Rounds (folk), Lisa Simpson (folk), The Sauce (funk/ jazz fusion) and 
Galactic Tofu Farmers (psycho-electric groove food) will provide music.  
Speakers, games, skits, a fashion show featuring newly "illegal" attire, and 
petitions to put the ordinance to a public vote will tie the Celebration 
together.

You can walk with the Wild Thang, the Clearwater Country's own Dragon, from 
the Farmers' Market at Friendship Square up to the park at around noon.

In July, Moscow's City Council approved Ordinance 2002-13, which makes it 
illegal for a woman to expose her nipples, sides or bottoms of her breasts 
to public view. Public view includes private property if a woman can be seen 
from a public space. Many bathing suits, some sleeveless blouses, low cut 
dresses, and other garments now violate the law. It also bans exposure of 
the division between the buttocks for both sexes.
The fine is up to $500, or 6 months in jail.
MER believes the ordinance is sexist and unconstitutional and suppresses the 
rights of women in order to prevent another person from feeling a certain 
way.
MER is committed to upholding the 14th amendment's guarantee of equal
protection under the law for all citizens.
MER has started a petition drive to put the ordinance to a public vote. 2300 
signatures of registered voters in the city of Moscow must be collected by 
September 24.
Call 883-7965 or email idahomer@hotmail.com for more information, to
co-sponsor as a business or group, or to help organize or be part of the 
celebration.
Please forward and spread the word.
Garrett Clevenger

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