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By Mystified

May 25, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this

Make the Argument: This Law makes our streets safer, controls disease from spreading, will keep our children safe! If you can I’m for it! What I read is: We are allowing our lawmakers to set and control our own morals. This law sets a precedence that will allow liberals or conservatives to decide whats right or wrong for you. That AX swings both ways :) Write your congress man and tell him/her to focus on serving and protecting not inflicting his morale beliefs!

By kt

May 18, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

If you don’t like living by the Dixie Strip then move! I’m far from rich but I can afford to live in an apartment in a decent neighborhood away from the strip clubs.

I’m not ready for there to be more unemployed people draining our resources. It’s hard enough finding work around here as it is!

By Rick

May 17, 2007 10:59 PM | Link to this

This is a very sad bill made to force religion on everybody for his or her own good. These religious zealots that think it is their job to save everybodies soul need to worry about themselves and let people make up their own minds. They have no regard for the welfare of the people they will be putting out of work or the amount of taxes the state will be losing and therefore putting the burden on everybody else because they have to be crusaders. It makes me sick. This used to be a nice country, where you were free to make your own decisions, until these Puritans came back to save us all. What’s next scarlet letters on womens clothing? Anybody who would vote to put any regulations on an adult club who know nothing about what really goes on inside of them are very ignorant.

By Kelly

May 17, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

ok Super Scary that Dave has been going to strip clubs for over 30 years!! =) Did u go to the Dayton Swim Club to, bet u had a membership there? LOL

By Concerned

May 17, 2007 12:56 PM | Link to this

What’s next?

Will they legislate how people can dance in regular nightclubs and bars… maybe even school dances?

They must have extra time now that the smoking laws are in place.

Shouldn’t legislation related to jobs and taxes or maybe illegal aliens be the priority for Ohio? Important issues?

Put thousands of taxpayers on welfare or state aid, just to satisfy a vocal group of religious voters, so they may in office.

MAKES NO SENSE

By DAVE

May 17, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

I HAVE BEEN GOING TO STRIP BARS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, SOME WERE CLASSY JOINTS BUT MOST WERE WHAT WE CALLED SLEAZY PLACES AND IN NONE !!!!! OF THEM DID I EVER SEE DRUGS OR PROSTITUTION, INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THE BIBLE FANATICS NEED TO CLEAN UP THERE OWN BACKYARD ( THOU SHALL NOT JUDGE OR THALL SHALL BE JUDGED ) AND NOT WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING THEY WILL NEVER SEE ( UNLESS THEY GO IN THESE PLACES )

By Cletus

May 17, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this

Booh Yeah stupid democrats. Now your mom will lose her job.

By Cletus

May 17, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this

Boo Yeah stupid democrats. Now your mom will lose her job

By Terry

May 17, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this

It’s all about jobs - the Ohio legislature is leading the charge in eliminating them. Perhaps in the next election we should eliminate theirs.

By Kelly

May 17, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this

“Used cars and Titties Bars, the home of Nutridge” =( SAD CLEAN UP!!

By Kelly

May 17, 2007 11:17 AM | Link to this

I think its good, I can also think of another name that people call the Dixie Strip in Northridge, Thats sad to refer to a once nice neighborhood as that.

By Tom

May 17, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this

I thought that touching was already off limits. I guess not!

By Tom

May 17, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this

I thought that touching was already off limits. I guess not!

By Sydney

May 17, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this

Joe: I would like to be one of the first to sign that petition!

By Mike

May 17, 2007 10:38 AM | Link to this

Next let’s bring back the scarlet letter. And, how about the stockade in the city square. Let’s not stop there. Bring back public stonings. Hey, hey, we’re on our way back to the 1800’s. Way to go Ohio.

By Mike

May 17, 2007 10:37 AM | Link to this

Next let’s bring back the scarlet letter. And, how about the stockade in the city square. Let’s not stop there. Bring back public stonings. Hey, hey, we’re on our way back to the 1800’s. Way to go Ohio.

By Steven

May 17, 2007 10:03 AM | Link to this

Obviously all opposing this legislation probably doesn’t live near one of these establishments, and much less likely in the Harrison Twp N. Dixie area where these establishments have given N. Dixie Dr the nickname of “The Dixie Strip”. This means less drunks on the roads after midnight and the woman will be able to get back to their kids sooner. To lust after a woman is the same as committing adultery. This nation is turning into Sodom and Gomorah (sp?)

By momma

May 17, 2007 9:49 AM | Link to this

If they want to cut down on drug trafficking, they should close high schools—not strip joints.

By momma

May 17, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

If they want to cut down on drug trafficking, they should close high schools, not strip joints.

By momma

May 17, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

If they want to cut down on drug trafficking, they should close high schools, not strip joints.

By joe

May 17, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this

Perhaps we need to get a petition together to outlaw the ccv. It almost sounds as if they qualify as a radical group that needs to be on a “watch list”. The way our state government has performed in the last year over these trivial issues I’d say we have a better than average chance of getting it passed.

By Tygo

May 17, 2007 9:20 AM | Link to this

Another waste of our legislators time. I echo others who have said if you don’t like it, don’t go. For those who mask this as a way to stop “drug trafficing and prostitution”, we already have laws in place for those crimes. All lawmakers who voted in favor of this ridiculous bill should be held accountable next election time. For God’s sake, we have a ton of other more serious and pressing issues in this state.

By deb

May 17, 2007 7:58 AM | Link to this

Our system for funding education has been found unconstitutional 4 times by the Ohio Supreme Court and they refuse to address this. The State of Ohio cheated the DPS out of $14 million dollars, and they refuse to address it. And yet those men and women have time to decide that some guy shouldn’t be touching a girl’s butt in a strip club?? No wonder our education system is a mess!!

By deb

May 17, 2007 7:56 AM | Link to this

Our system for funding education has been found unconstitutional 4 times by the Ohio Supreme Court. The State of Ohio cheated the DPS out of $14 million dollars, and yet those men and women have time to decide that some guy shouldn’t be touching a girl’s butt in a strip club?? No wonder our education system is a mess!!

By John

May 17, 2007 2:13 AM | Link to this

Is this really worth the time and effort? Are my tax dollars really used for these decisions? There must be a better thing for Ohio to focus on. Let’s focus on something that is worth my hard earned tax dollars!!!!

By miwatch

May 17, 2007 12:48 AM | Link to this

Religious fundamentalism is often utilized to direct attention away from core issues in other regions around the world. While unemployment runs rampant in Pakistan, Saudia Arabia, Gaza & the West Bank, the political clerics in those regions use religious extreamism to deflect attention away from addressing the true reasons for their citizens’ discontent. Get people focused on funamental social issues and they forget they have no job. Only problem, this is Ohio, not the West Bank…

By jobu

May 17, 2007 12:32 AM | Link to this

this a joke and another reason why people leave and move out of the state of ohio. this is one of the most conservative places in the world.

By Dan Kennedy

May 16, 2007 10:43 PM | Link to this

List of things the state thinks they can decide for adults better than they can for themselves: seat belts, motor cycle helmets, smoking, stripping, lottery, in-car speed monitor, drinking alcohol, over eating, low intelligence, wrong religion…. It never ends.

By ohdave

May 16, 2007 10:42 PM | Link to this

Well, I also read that Ohio is third in the country in job losses, so it’s a good thing the legilature has their priorities in order.

By Crazy

May 16, 2007 9:32 PM | Link to this

” In case people have forgotten, this country was founded on Christianity” — That’s weird, I was taught that the country was founded to avoid religous persecution. Hence the Bill of Rights - Amendment 1. Or should we change that as well??

By jb

May 16, 2007 8:47 PM | Link to this

What’s next?

Why not limit all kinds of things that don’t affect anyone who doesn’t choose to be affected? Let’s have the government regulate even more of our daily lives. Let’s forget that we have freewill and personal responsibility. Let’s push our own religious beliefs on everyone else around us. How about we all start dressing in uniforms? Perhaps we can ban shorts and sleeveless shirts. Maybe we can regulate churches and their operating hours?

By Steve

May 16, 2007 8:35 PM | Link to this

Trish,

You are WAY OFF the mark. This nation was not founded on Christianity. This nation was founded on FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY.

By Steve

May 16, 2007 8:24 PM | Link to this

Phillip,

I sincerely hope you are joking about targeting and eliminating the lottery and gambling in Ohio. Have you a clue as to the amount of money the lottery system contributes to education and other state functions? In your plans to sterilize the state and rid it of practices YOU don’t deem riteous, I hope you have a way to foot the bill for the loss of jobs and revenue.

By BILL

May 16, 2007 8:09 PM | Link to this

All i can comment on is to say that what were you people thinking, i mean isnt it obvious. Our rights are being taken away, a little bit more each and every day. Whats it going to take before us REAL Ohioians wake up and smell the coffee. You know its only a matter of time before they tackle the alcohol industry Also.. Think about it people, its coming. And speaking of that, didnt i recall when this kinda stuff happened once before, for the good of the people. Wasnt it called Prohibition!

By ??

May 16, 2007 7:52 PM | Link to this

IT IS DISTURBING HOW MUCH TIME HAS BEEN WASTED ON THIS SUBJECT!! SHOULD OUR TAX DOLLARS REALLY BE WASTED ON THIS SUBJECT OR WOULD OUR RESOURCES AND TIME BE BETTER USED BY FINDING A WAY TO IMPROVE OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, OR SEEKING OUT THE REAL CRIMINALS, THE DRUG DEALERS, THE THEIVES, THE MURDERS. LOOKING AT NAKED WOMEN IS NOT A CRIME ITS ART, IT SOMETHING I DO EVERY NIGHT, BECAUSE WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL NOT BECAUSE I’M A PERVERT!! THESE CLUBS DO NOT CAUSE TROUBLE THEY IF ANYTHING PROBABLE HELP

By ??

May 16, 2007 7:52 PM | Link to this

IT IS DISTURBING HOW MUCH TIME HAS BEEN WASTED ON THIS SUBJECT!! SHOULD OUR TAX DOLLARS REALLY BE WASTED ON THIS SUBJECT OR WOULD OUR RESOURCES AND TIME BE BETTER USED BY FINDING A WAY TO IMPROVE OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, OR SEEKING OUT THE REAL CRIMINALS, THE DRUG DEALERS, THE THEIVES, THE MURDERS. LOOKING AT NAKED WOMEN IS NOT A CRIME ITS ART, IT SOMETHING I DO EVERY NIGHT, BECAUSE WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL NOT BECAUSE I’M A PERVERT!! THESE CLUBS DO NOT CAUSE TROUBLE THEY IF ANYTHING PROBABLE HELP

By ted

May 16, 2007 7:38 PM | Link to this

Well since this is a “Christian nation” we might as well ban everything else the Church and the CCV finds to be immoral. We probably should ban people from practicing other religions other then Christianity too. You people need to stop forcing your stupid agendas upon others.

By Larry

May 16, 2007 7:23 PM | Link to this

Phillip,

This is not a Christian nation. This is a country without religious affiliation. The last time I checked, when you look at a map next to the words United States of America, it is not followed in small print with the words “brought to you by God.” This is a country where you are free to worship any God or no God. I would imagine that a majority of people who frequent or work in strip clubs consider themselves Christian, so let’s not get all high and mighty.

By Phillip

May 16, 2007 6:52 PM | Link to this

This is a Christian nation and I am glad that the legislator has passed this. I hope the CCV takes action next against preventing legalization of any kind of gambling in the state and banning the lottery. This state and nation has strayed far from our Christian roots and our nation has payed a great price for it. I am glad Ohio and the CCV is taking a lead in this effort.

By Olivia

May 16, 2007 6:45 PM | Link to this

This is America, and we deserve our freedom…Men and womens lives are lost for that freedom, and now it is being taken away. I am a married woman who visits strip clubs regulary with my husband and were not afraid to admit it. Were not prostitiutes, drug dealers, or murders. We dont drive drunk, and we just like to have a good time and have some eye candy. So leave us alone!!!!!

By Olivia

May 16, 2007 6:36 PM | Link to this

This bill is ridiculous..its called FREEDOM and AMERICA. All they are doing is infringing on our rights as citizens. I say we stand outside this CCV place in our bikinis and speedos “semi-nude” with arms locked.. since thats not illegal..yet.

By krysta

May 16, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this

this is the most retarded thing I have ever heard! There are way more important things going on than anything that is happening in a strip club. I don’t think it’s a big deal if the strippers can touch the customers or not and I don’t understand why strippers think that if they can’t touch them they aren’t going to have a job. This is being totally blown out of proportion but it’s a stupid thing to waste taxpayer money on.

By Dan Kennedy

May 16, 2007 6:02 PM | Link to this

“When Hitler attacked the Jews I was not a Jew, therefore I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church — and there was nobody left to be concerned.” Martin Niemoller’s famous quotation from the text of an Address he gave to the United States Congress in 1968 and which appears in the Congressional Record, October 14, 1968, page 31636.

Enemy combatants Smokers Stipppers who’s next?

I’m no fan of stripping, but why are legislators so worried about stippers instead of jobs for this state???!!! Clearly they have no idea what is most important to us.

By Jimmy

May 16, 2007 5:50 PM | Link to this

What are the Citizens for Community Values going to lobby for next? Are they going to invade our bedrooms and make sure we’re not having sex? Are we in the 1950s again?

By ThinkAboutOthers

May 16, 2007 4:38 PM | Link to this

To the Harley riders wearing earplugs in the lane next to me at the red light while I enjoy a beautiful spring day with my windows rolled down: do you have a pair of plugs for me? Do you think WE want to listen to that? Try to consider the positions of others. Compassion. That’s all I’m askin’.

By metoo

May 16, 2007 2:17 PM | Link to this

is the government going to use my money to send cops into strip clubs to catch the misdamenor violators? i guess i want to know how they expect to catch the violators. really, do we want some vice cop spending his 50K salary chasing strippers and their clients? i can’t imagine anyone from either point of view willing to commit their money to enforce the law. let’s make sure to raise taxes next year to hire more cops. cops who can spend 25-40 hours a week driving the dixie strip getting danc

By Larry L. Funderburg

May 16, 2007 2:06 PM | Link to this

This country is way too concerned with people having sex. Any law of this kind is stupid and a waste of legislator’s time. Why don’t we ask the grieving parents of our children who have been killed or mutilated in Iraq what they think of these inane ridiculous laws.regulating our social behavior. What a waste of time.

By kt

May 16, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this

Also, if the government is so keen on sending thousands of women (plus servers, bouncers, managers, bartenders, etc.) into unemployment, maybe they should take a good look at the economy they’re sending them into. I am bilingual with a college degree and I struggled to get a job, and I make less than some strippers that I know. Even if they have other skills, they’re going to be lucky in this area to get ten bucks an hour, and the taxpayers will be making up the difference!

By kt

May 16, 2007 10:46 AM | Link to this

How lame is this bill? If it’s going to be a misdemeanor for nude/semi-nude women to be touching someone else, or for someone to touch another’s clothed genetalia in public, then who’s going to be patrolling X-fest with all the topless women sitting on people’s shoulders? Or Hammerjax/Yellow Rose/wherever else with all the grinding going on? Please. I have better things to do than worry about who goes to strip clubs and who doesn’t (and some of you doth protest too much, methinks).

By BCB

May 16, 2007 10:24 AM | Link to this

This law is nothing more than a right wing group imposing their views and beliefs on the rest of us. There are tons of other more pressing issues that our legislatures should be spending their time on. Rather, lawmakers have spent our valuable tax dollars talking about an issue that has no real effect on limiting crime, improving neighborhoods, or the overall morality of the state. Time will show that this law was arbitrary and was basically Phil Burress bitterness over his lack of self control

By Howard

May 16, 2007 9:22 AM | Link to this

Were we really all that surprised about the numbers ? I think strip bars are a right of passage. Were we surprised that the former City manager of Riverside visited the clubs on North Dixie ? My only problem with him being at the club was he did it while he was suppose to be working, and mis-used his expense account, again our state government making another law to add to the thousands of other worthless laws we already have, attorneys making laws to keep themselves in business !!

By Sam

May 16, 2007 8:55 AM | Link to this

Trish, If there is no intercourse there is no prostitution! By your definition we are all prostitutes. Every time you laugh at a dumb joke from your boss or when you pretend you really care about the problems of the car mechanic so they don’t try to repair things that aren’t really broken. Point is most people in these places just want companionship and to look at the beauty of God’s creation and you can’t do that as well from 6 feet and prior to midnight. We have laws against prostitution. We have laws governing decency in public places. Enforce those laws. They should be enough.

By Disappointed

May 16, 2007 8:49 AM | Link to this

“In case people have forgotten, this country was founded on Christianity.” Wow, someone has never heard of the separation of church and state. There is a reason for it. I am glad our goverment elected officials are spending their time worrrying about this. Gee, let them ignore the 3rd in the country ranking for Ohio for foreclosures, let them ignore the price gouging from gasoline companies. Let them worry if someone gets touched by an exotic dancer. Pathetic… What a sad day for democracy andb

By Trish

May 16, 2007 7:23 AM | Link to this

The proposed legislation isn’t forced morality. In case people have forgotten, this country was founded on Christianity. Besides, can’t anyone see that the regulations could actually “legitimize” the business, changing it from something most people associate with low-lifes & prostitutes, into something far more respectable? If these women need to touch their clients to make money, how is that different from prostitution? The new laws can only help them!

By Jammin

May 16, 2007 6:14 AM | Link to this

Go ahead and drive another nail in our economy coffin-take hundreds of ladies, some who make six figures a year, and put the dough right back into the economy, and pretty much make them paupers. We already have the whole state going elsewhere to casinos-now the casinos can have strip clubs and take more cash out of our state.

By JJ

May 16, 2007 6:03 AM | Link to this

Here we go with another law that just leads to more lawlessness. There is a demand for these businesses and if you try to curtail them it will just present opportunities for bootleg operations in the basements or back rooms of places where the business cannot be monitored at all and the women who work these jobs for a living will be the only losers. We cannot police our streets properly or enforce a smoking ban-why not legislate proper school funding and make a law that has a positive effect.

By rj

May 16, 2007 5:58 AM | Link to this

Just another attempt by bigoted religious con-men attempting to legislate their sense of “morality” on others. They have become an American version of the Taliban. What’s next? Towels wrapped around the head? Allah Ahkbar, you jerks.

By BuckNut

May 16, 2007 5:04 AM | Link to this

I like naked ladies alot. I like to stay out late and see lots of naked ladies. Please don’t take away one of the few things I have left to like. I think we should pass a bill that states dancers must get CLOSER to the customer!

By Dayton Native

May 16, 2007 5:01 AM | Link to this

Everyone knows that Strip Clubs are great for the economy. I’m just waiting for one to move to our area to boost property values. Until then, I’ll just have to drive by the McCooks area and dream about what could have been…

// sarcasm off

Without seeing the methodology used in the polling process, it is hard to say how valid the results are. I’m of a more conservative bent so my bias tends to show. I am surprised at the numbers that would actually visit a strip club.

By Curious

May 15, 2007 10:35 PM | Link to this

When exactly was the last time a person was turned in to a pillar of salt? I’ve been in Medicine for almost 20 years and haven’t heard of it. I’ve looked through all my medical books and can’t find it any where in there either. I wonder how many of these Bible beaters sleep with their spouses while they’re menstruating, because that is not allowed either. But then again, we get to pick and choose what we want to follow!!

By Paul

May 15, 2007 9:37 PM | Link to this

I have not been to a strip club for at least 25 years but the puritan laws being pushed upon us has me concerned. Is the government going to be involved in every aspect of our lives? It two men or two women want to marry, why should i be outraged? It is not my life. If someone wants to watch women taking their clothes off and the woman doesn’t object, why should I or the government care? If only the Libertarians were a viable party…

By T

May 15, 2007 9:12 PM | Link to this

I’ve yet to see a poll by Quinnipac University that I thought had any validity to it. Very poor job every time from these quacks.

By tim troutman

May 15, 2007 9:02 PM | Link to this

This is absolutly bs. im in the military and i should have the right to go to a strip club and have a women dance in front of me with my freinds when im getting ready to leave for 18 mths for a war that is to protect the freedom of us of a. So when did ohio turn into china and iraq whats next women should cover themselfs up from head to toe with a darn dress. come on ohio they already took away peoples right to smoke whats next what we can drive and what we can drink.

By tim troutman

May 15, 2007 8:57 PM | Link to this

i cant believe that i am in the military and have to read idiots talking about this. Its my right to go to a strip club its my right to have a girl dance in front of me. I have known girls that worked in clubs and they were all college girls just working to get money for school and to spend. i went thru hell to give these idiots the right to say hey we dont like them so lets shut them down. I lost many friends in the service for the war in iraq and its to protect the freedom of the us of a.

By cg

May 15, 2007 8:48 PM | Link to this

This article is either poorly written or the poll is skewed (or both). First, since 25% of the Ohio population is under the age of 18, and 51% is made up of women, the 45% of all Ohioans is a bit misleading. I just don’t find it credible. Since so much of the article is based upon the poll, it would have helped to know who took the poll and how it was conducted. Furthermore, it was very slanted to make the conservative population in favor of regulations look bad.

By Leo

May 15, 2007 8:40 PM | Link to this

I think this is the most ridicules thing I have ever heard of. The funniest part of it all is the fact that the leader of this CCV group is a man that has willingly admitted his addiction to porn. I wonder if this bill and his group have anything to do with his own personal fight against his urge to ignore his wife and sneak to Baby Dolls to get a dance. Which should be legal dumbass.) What next I cant listen to my CD because is cusses?????????? Wake up.

By Taxman

May 15, 2007 8:35 PM | Link to this

Bottomline who cares. Now lets talk about something that will bring some money to the area, when is the Casino coming?

By Jarhed

May 15, 2007 5:21 PM | Link to this

Ohio Republican lawmakers are puppets to the CCV.

By Julie

May 15, 2007 4:45 PM | Link to this

It’s funny that the people in favor of this bill seem to sling the most dirt.. The bottom line is this: How much are you willing to let the government regulate your life? Because it won’t stop at this issue, if that’s what you think. By the way, Jamie, good job correlating “cheap dumb ho’s” with minorities. Bigotry at its finest, an open forum…

By TB

May 15, 2007 4:19 PM | Link to this

This poll is a complete waste of time. I have no desire to go to a strip club, but who am I to stop anyone else from going? If you want to go, then go…..if you dont, then dont. Its as simple as that. We will answer to a Higher Power as individuals - not as a society. Why does everyone spend so much time judging everyone else? You do your thing, and let me do mine. The government should have more important things to worry about.

By BRNNDON

May 15, 2007 4:06 PM | Link to this

I am glad to see everything else is going great in Ohio that we can worry about this. Ohio jobs, schools, and forecloser rate must be great. Let the public speak if they dont like the clubs they will go out of business on there own. Lawmakers should worry about more important things.

By Lucy

May 15, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this

While it may not be YOUR interest or proclivity, it may be someone else’s. Glad to see the judificary members are hard at work. My this is a pressing piece of legislation! What a great use of tax dollars. Well done! Sheesh. Ridiculous!

By Sam

May 15, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this

I guess I need to add Sam is a Goose to the long list of AKA’s for Cletus, Billis, Democrat Trash, etc. You must have been a “john” that got the clap from a hooker after work at your job at Rumpke with all your trash, whores, and disease references. I hear the Taliban are recruiting. They have similar beliefs to yours. Maybe all women in this country should wear burka’s too.

By joe

May 15, 2007 2:03 PM | Link to this

I’ve never been to a strip club but, I’m sure if I had I wouldn’t be sitting at the end of the dance floor with a handfull of dollar bills just so I could have a well perfumed and talcumed pair of silicone hooters rubbed on my face. No sir that just doesn’t interest me at all!

By 'Nator

May 15, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this

Nearly half?!? When did this poll take place? No one I know was ever polled. If “nearly half” of all Ohioans visited a strip club, then that would be like saying ALL the men (or ALL the women), since Ohio is probably just about evenly populated by both sexes. You can’t just poll around a thousand people and apply the results to a whole state! Did they poll them as they were leaving the strip club? Did they poll them at the grocery store? (see my point?)

By Gary

May 15, 2007 1:52 PM | Link to this

Strip clubs are great for the economy. Give a dollar to a rich girl and she might save it. Give a dollar to a stripper and it will get put right back into the economy. And as far as I can see this is one job that can’t be outsourced. Maybe we should all be strippers.

By cami

May 15, 2007 1:48 PM | Link to this

If you don’t like strip bars, don’t go. We spend way too much time and energy trying to force beliefs onto others. What’s next? Communism?

By Airman_Loves_Strippers

May 15, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

I agree with the common sense approach. if YOU don’t like it, tough, let ME enjoy it in peace. when i was in Iraq i saw this same mindset towards “impure”things. whats next, do we stone the strippers as well. Besides, that excuse about drugs and prostution running rampant is a load of crap. that stuff is going to happen anywhere. bottom line, let me have the option of going to a strip club and have a beautiful, fake chested woman dance on me. if that isn’t nice, i dont know what is…

By Sam

May 15, 2007 1:36 PM | Link to this

I’ll let you in on a little secret. These establishments are frequented by people of all political beliefs. This is about liberty not political affiliation you idiot. If you were a good Republican you would not want the government to interfere with commerce or be involved in regulation of any kind. You obviously are an advocate for big government and a closet Democrat. If Jerry Fallwell dies are we done discussing the issue?

By B-Rad

May 15, 2007 1:35 PM | Link to this

Long live the strip clubs! What else is there to do in Ohio? If the women weren’t all so fat,ugly and unable to take care of their men, then guys wouldn’t need to go to strip clubs.What’s better than going to a dark skanky club to see some white trash single mom who just got done breast feeding her 2yr. old illegitimate child taking her top off and dancing around?You people got class!If you’ve ever been to the Indianapolis500 rednecks are flashing guys all day long-should we outlaw that race too

By Sam

May 15, 2007 1:27 PM | Link to this

Billis/Cleatus/DemTrash etc.

By democrat trash

May 15, 2007 1:24 PM | Link to this

Hey stupid democrats. I scoff at you and your petty little IQs. You are all bad here in your communist little newspaper, but we’ll see you at the polls you little douchebags

By Alex

May 15, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this

I just want to say that I am a moron and I will switch to Republican because they can read and write unlike us stupid democrats. I am selling my trailer too and moving into a dumpster.

By tiffany

May 15, 2007 1:20 PM | Link to this

Predator,

You are a mindless monkey. I pity you for the brain capacity that you have.

By Gina

May 15, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this

I haven’t decided how I feel yet, but listening to morons like Alex makes me want to vote against it. I am guessing that he is some pimp wannabe living down in the projects with just enough money for internet access. Alex, your mom is calling. Little weenie.

By Predator

May 15, 2007 1:17 PM | Link to this

I’m glad we have this law.

If we didn’t, I’d be going to strip clubs regularly and strip clubs are like gateway drugs. Once I go to a strip club, the next thing you know, I’ll be raping women on my lunch hour and well on my way to becoming a pediphile.

By Cletus

May 15, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this

Dad,

I just wanted to let you know that my mom didn’t help me. It was your mom and she helped me while I removed her edible g-string with my teeth. Also dad, mom is pregnant with some guys kid she picked up at Mccooks. Just wanted to let you know.

By Alex

May 15, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this

A. The large majority of strippers that perform are not dumb. The propably could put together a sentence better than half of the people leaving derogatory comments. B. They are just trying to get by like most people. And if you got to know one then you wouldnt be saying all of this vulgar talk. C. This would put nearly 10,000 people out of jobs and I think that ohio is already struggling with unemployment so think what Senate Bill 16 would do.

By heather

May 15, 2007 12:48 PM | Link to this

I’m glad to see the concensus on here is that this entire poll is just disgusting. I’m speechless that this has even become an issue. What next? I cant go to Hustler and buy a pocket rocket? What I choose to do in my spare time is MINE as long as its SAFE and not harming others, and this is exactly what strip clubs represent. Its safe and harmless.I understand the smoking ban b/c it does danger health, but STRIPPERS? Since when does one’s pleasure become a legal issue?? Unbelievable………….

By jamie

May 15, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this

Eventually we are going to have minority status for cheap dumb whores and they will get affirmative action. You watch and see. These stupid strippers for democracy are pushing it like it is a skin color. In essence they are all just cheap dumb hos that can’t get a job anywhere else.

By Cleat's Papa

May 15, 2007 12:45 PM | Link to this

Cletus – that was exactly what I would expect from a slack jawed yokel- did your mom help you look up the words in my post? Love, Dad

By sally

May 15, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this

If anybody wants to talk to a rock hard little lady, just e-mail me. Except for that fat b or whatever his name is. tell him to go to the bathroom and flush himself.

By jim

May 15, 2007 12:42 PM | Link to this

Nick,

That is because you are mindless trailer trash. Read a book. You are one of those little pubes that cletus was talking about.

By jonnie

May 15, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this

I am all for dumb white trash shaking their trailer park bootie. Who cares if they have the IQ of a chimp if their butt is firm. We all know strippers are stupid skanks that couldn’t hold a job anywhere else, that is why we like their stupid butts. Dumb free love.

By Nick

May 15, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

I went to a strip club my freshman year of college. Its an experience, not always for the reasons you might think. One of the people that went in our group recognized an English professor getting a lap dance. It’s been almost 10 years since I went, and its still one of my better memories of my first year in college.

By cletus

May 15, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

Hey heavy b. you are a fat hog. why don’t you go back into your hole in the ground and eat poop. You like whores fine, but I think that they should all move out to the sea in a boat and sink themselves. There is nothing nastier than some old skanky diseased whore. You are a lard

By billis

May 15, 2007 12:36 PM | Link to this

I am just curious, do you dumb democrats haul your own houses when you move, or do you have someone else do it. You sound like those monkeys on Jerry Springer. You are all white and black trash and need to go back to your trailers. You are whores, your friends are whores, your wives are whores and your moms are whores. Seriously, have some self respect. You whore yourselves out for a buck. You should all eat rat poison and cleanse our society.

By Heavy B

May 15, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this

This bill is so frivolous – are we really going to let this small group of busybodies, which have nothing more to do than corner people on the street for signatures, impose their narrow minded beliefs on all of Ohio? They are an embarrassment to Christians around the world. Their goal is to make the industry so unprofitable by imposing their ridiculous rules, that there are no strip clubs. I love the people that have known a dancer that went to ruin- I know a software developer that went to ruin- who cares. Also, DDN – what kind of ridiculous poll is this Quinnipiac University poll? Statistically they polled 50% women in the 939 voters – how is that a representative sample of who may or may not have gone to a strip club? Hello- MEN go to strip bars as overwhelming demographic. And most of the Christian right that are hiding in the dark corner of Diamonds are not even going to admit that they go. What’s next, forced snake handling?

By Truth Is Hard To Swallow

May 15, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this

Let’s face it… the only people who are against strip clubs are the wives and girlfriends who don’t take care of their men. Regulating a strip club still won’t take care of their needs. Think long and hard about it. I

t isn’t the strip club that is the problem… it is you. Change yourself and you will find that the strip club isn’t as big of a threat to your relationship as you are.

By Melissa

May 15, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this

Ok I think you all have went to far with this stripper thing. My best friend works at the strip club & I see nothing wrong with it at all she is just making money, paying her bills, & being a mom & there is nothing wrong with that! Who says only single mom’s work at strip clubs? That’s bull I know alot that are married it’s just ajob get over yourself there are way too many other important things in this worldto worry about then some girls shaking their asses for money! Grow Up!!!!!!