Press Conference: Thursday, 9/26/02 12:30 pm, Friendship Square, Moscow, Idaho

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

                            Press Conference
Contact:  Garrett Clevenger
          Muscovites for Equal Rights
Date:  Thursday, 9/26/02 12:30 pm
Place: Friendship Square
       Moscow, Idaho
Re: Ordinance 2002-13 Referendum Petition Campaign

On Wednesday, 9/25, Muscovites for Equal Rights ends its campaign to collect 
signatures for the referendum petition to put Ordinance 2002-13 to a public 
vote.
On Thursday, 9/26 at 12:30 pm, MER will be hosting a press conference to 
alert the public to the outcome of the campaign.  MER will discuss the 
intentions, outcomes and expectations of the campaign.

In July, Moscow's City Council approved Ordinance 2002-13, which makes it 
illegal for a woman to expose any portion 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 25.




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