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In Georgia, XXX No Longer Marks the Spot
Tony Perkins, frc.org (http://frc.org)
Turnabout is fair play in the small community of Lavonia, Georgia, where leaders were duped into approving the construction of a strip club in 2001. Seven years ago, owner Jerry Sullivan approached the city council about building a family restaurant along the interstate. But after the official building inspection, Sullivan went to work ripping out booths, adding a bar, and covering the windows for what would become known as Cafe Risque -- a topless eyesore in the heart of the city. Although the city sued Sullivan five times, the courts ruled that nude dancing was a form of "expression," leaving Lavonia powerless to restore any standards of decency to the property. When the Cafe was sold this summer, its managers believed that it had gone to an entrepreneur that would keep the business intact. To their disgust, they learned that a third party had offered to buy the property and turn the keys over to the city. Last week, Mayor Ralph Owens confirmed that the city council had voted unanimously to purchase the $1 million Cafe by sacrificing part of the town's cash reserve. At city hall, an elated standing room only crowd cheered and applauded, then followed Owens to the site of the bar and watched as workers tore the vulgar signs down. In Florida, citizens won the right to vote their values when a court ruled to leave policies on school vouchers and faith-based programs up to the state. Circuit Judge John Cooper stunned Florida's powerful teachers' unions yesterday when he sided with the democratic process and agreed to keep school choice on the November ballot. The initiative, which would revive a voucher program abolished by the state in 2006, was popular with parents and broadened the horizon for several students in failing public schools. In the same ruling, Cooper refused to bow to the ACLU's demand that a faith-based amendment also be removed from the ballot. The judge ruled to keep the proposal, which would repeal language in the Florida Constitution that bans religious groups that provide valuable social services from receiving public funds. Attorneys for ADF argued that if discrimination was going to remain in the constitution, then voters should be the ones to decide. Thanks to Judge Cooper, both issues will be left to the state rather than wealthy interest groups whose only goal is to push their agenda on an unwilling public.
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Barr will destroy mccains chances in pivotal georgia.
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