Here's a bill making its way through the General Assembly that may have escaped your notice, Senate Bill 0183:
Defines "sexually oriented business". Prohibits the sale or use of alcohol at a sexually oriented business. Establishes certain requirements concerning persons who own a sexually oriented business, and prohibits the establishment of a sexually oriented business in certain locations. Provides that a person less than 18 years of age may not enter a sexually oriented business, prohibits an employee who is regularly in a state of seminudity from touching a patron, and establishes requirements concerning the design, size, furnishings, and hours of operation of a sexually oriented business. Specifies that a sexually oriented business that repeatedly violates certain requirements is an indecent nuisance and is subject to abatement in the same manner as other indecent nuisances.
Are businesses born with their sexual orientation or do businesses choose their sexual orientation? Inquiring minds want to know!
If you read the bill, "sexually oriented business" sounds an awful lot like an old-fashioned strip joint. I mean, where else would it be necessary to "prohibit an employee who is regularly in a state of seminudity from touching a patron"? Imagine how disoncerting that would be at Target or Sears.
