Today’s Gazette assesses the impact of Capital Video’s Amazing.net porn shop in Northampton. This shop, at 135 King Street, originally planned to contain 20 viewing booths. Year later, porn store brings scant change to neighborhood [Douglas A.] Kohl [a co-owner of commercial property at 139 King St.] has been trying to lease the former furniture […]
First Amendment
Love Shack Closes in Johns Creek, Georgia
Congratulations to our friends at Keep Johns Creek Safe. Love Shack, a large porn shop that tried to evade the new city’s adult zoning regulations, has decided to close. Owner John Cornetta claims he’s losing about $40,000 a month. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports today: “I guess I could say we’re relieved,” said Kitty Garrison, owner […]
Hampden Superior Court Lets Capital Video Reopen Viewing Booths in Springfield; A Proposed Solution
Bad news for Springfield’s Apremont Triangle last month. Hampden County Superior Court ruled that Capital Video’s Amazing.net porn shop there can reopen its viewing booths. One of Charlie Ryan’s last acts as the Mayor of Springfield was to deny Capital Video a 2008 entertainment license for these booths. The Court wants to see more evidence […]
Pro-Porn Activists Misuse the Law in Fresh Attempt to Suppress Anti-Porn Political Speech
Porn defenders are usually staunch advocates of the First Amendment, but when the issue is speech they don’t like, many can’t resist groping around in the legal code to find a way to shut down analysis and criticism. We encountered this last summer, when the owner of the website Cruising for Sex wrongly claimed that […]
Cincinnati: Coalition asks CityBeat to stop allowing promotion of prostitution through advertising
We don’t agree with Citizens for Community Values on some issues, but we certainly agree that responsible media should not run ads that promote prostitution. CCV recently issued this Press Advisory: For Immediate Release: Monday, June 9, 2008 Contact: Phil Burress, 513-733-5775, Steve Wagner 202-441-5744, Charlie Winburn, 513-884-7832 Coalition asks CityBeat to stop allowing promotion […]
Very Intimate Pleasures Loses Another Round in Berlin, CT
Congratulations to NO V.I.P. in Berlin, CT. The Connecticut Supreme Court just upheld Berlin’s ordinance that requires adult-themed businesses to keep at least 250 feet away from residential zones. Very Intimate Pleasures, an adult toy and video shop, had tried to argue that this ordinance was invalid because it had been passed by the town […]
Fourth Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution (explicit language)
The Burning Times has kindly given us permission to reprint the Fourth Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution. See the first three carnivals here. Fourth Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution April 26, 2008 by Debs Hi again everyone, and welcome to the fourth edition of the Carnival Against Pornography and Prostitution! Once again, thank you so […]
Escort Prostitution: A Response to Tom Vannah, Editor of the Valley Advocate
On March 4, Tom Vannah, editor of the Valley Advocate, took a few minutes to voice his displeasure with NoPornNorthampton on his WHMP radio show (listen to the mp3). We have been bringing Mr. Vannah large amounts of information about the sex industry since 2006. We have asked the Advocate to drop ads for escort services […]
Setback for Love Shack in Johns Creek, Georgia
Our tireless friends in the young city of Johns Creek brought our attention to a welcome article in today’s Johns Creek Post. Johns Creek is a suburb of Atlanta. A Fulton County Superior Court Judge approved the city’s request for a permanent injunction against the Love Shack, an alleged porn shop. Judge Ural Glanville found that Love […]
Full Text of Springfield’s Decision to Revoke Capital Video’s Viewing Booth Entertainment License
Here is the full text of Springfield’s Findings and Decision in its revocation of Capital Video’s viewing booth entertainment license. These Findings may also be downloaded as a PDF.The Findings constitute a case study in “secondary effects”: the crime, blight and prostitution known to atttend many adult enterprises. Here are excerpts from Springfield Mayor Charles V. Ryan’s […]