Swinger clubs Raided in Arizona [From the Arizona Republic] It wasn't bad enough that the state of Arizona practically raided ASU for its involvement in Shane's World. Now it turns out that the owners of four Phoenix sex clubs plan to ask a federal appeals court to stop the city from conducting more raids like the one that ended with their arrest Friday. In 1999, U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver denied the owners' request for an injunction against enforcement of a ban on live sex acts in businesses. Then in August, Silver ruled in the city's favor and effectively gave it the go-ahead for enforcement. Despite the arrest of four sex club owners and operators Friday for violating the 1998 ban, the swinging apparently carried on. Although patrons were technically violating a public indecency law, they were allowed to continue with their activities after club owners were allowed to hand over keys and instructions to subordinates. Milo Fencl, owner of Club Chamelon, said his arrest came in retaliation for lawsuits he and three other sex club owners filed against the city. "It certainly crosses my mind that that's the motivation," said Fencl, 56, who spent 14 hours in jail Saturday and, like the other three owners, could face up to 6 months in county jail if he is convicted. Four of the five swingers clubs in the city formed an alliance to fight the ban as a civil rights violation. One that did not join the fight, Sociables II, was the only business where police did not find violations. Fencl's lawyer, Nick Hentoff, said he thinks police tipped off the club. Police deny the accusation, but acknowledge that it appears the club had a heads-up on the raid. Hentoff also questions why owners and operators were hauled off to jail for a misdemeanor offense. Phoenix police said they were making a point. "We will continue to arrest them as long as they violate the ordinance," said Phoenix police spokesman Detective Tony Morales. A business is in violation if it provides "the opportunity to engage in, or the opportunity to view, live sex acts." Meanwhile in the motherfucker country... Moves to reduce the age at which people can watch hardcore pornography from 18 to 16 are to be backed by Charles Kennedy, the leader of the Liberal Democrats. In a radical move which Kennedy argues revealed that the party was truly libertarian on social issues, the Liberal Democrat leader said he had no problem with proposals backing the change, to be discussed at this week's party conference. 'We are a liberal party,' he said in an interview with The Observer before the conference, which starts in Brighton today. 'We shouldn't be too apologetic or defensive about raising issues like this. No doubt there will be those who will roundly criticise us for the temerity to discuss these things, but it is a legitimate issue, people want to debate it.' http://www.observer.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,796642,00.html Don't get caught wit dis on yor ardrive. DJ replaced after song on sex with minors By Brad Kava Mercury News Only weeks after a pair of disc jockeys were fired for broadcasting an alleged sex act inside New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral, a DJ on three local stations has been replaced after he played a self-produced song extolling sex acts with 9- to 12-year-old girls. An irate listener taped the song and filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission and the station. But the station managers say the removal of KSJO-FM afternoon host Mike ``Mikey'' Esparza was a programming change. ``I'm feeling frisky, I know it's risky,'' the lyrics of the mostly unprintable and highly profane song by Esparza said. ``I like the statutory rape.'' http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/4121848.htm I think the statutes out on my wild oats touch wood.
