The Georgia Supreme Court has to decide whether Atlanta city officials are trampling on the rights of exotic dancers by demanding they be age 21 to perform in alcohol-selling clubs or protecting them from the evils of underage drinking.
Atlanta lawyer Amber Ali Robinson said the City Council was not trying to stop 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds from stripping, but it believed they might drink alcohol if they worked in the clubs. While the dancers have a First Amendment right to remove their clothes, the city officials have the right to regulate employment at establishments that make most of their money from selling alcohol.
“They are free to engage in nude dancing in other establishments before they are age 21,” she said. “This ordinance here does not regulate expression in any way. It doesn’t mention nude dancing.”
Fight for your rights! I support all the underage dancers in the world.
