Midnight Mike
2010-03-24, 03:54 PM
Iceland gives stripping cold shoulder with ban
Club owner says he’ll appeal North Atlantic nation’s call to end strip shows
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36020041/ns ... ws-europe/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36020041/ns/world_news-europe/)
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - In a break with liberal European practice, Iceland has voted to ban striptease shows, making it an offense for any business to profit from the nudity of its employees.
Iceland's legislature, the Althingi, passed the ban Tuesday night, with just two abstentions and no votes against, although almost half the country's 63 lawmakers were absent.
Both opponents and supporters of the bill said Wednesday it was a European first. With the exception of the Vatican and tiny principalities like Andorra, strip clubs operate across the continent.
Club owner says he’ll appeal North Atlantic nation’s call to end strip shows
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36020041/ns ... ws-europe/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36020041/ns/world_news-europe/)
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - In a break with liberal European practice, Iceland has voted to ban striptease shows, making it an offense for any business to profit from the nudity of its employees.
Iceland's legislature, the Althingi, passed the ban Tuesday night, with just two abstentions and no votes against, although almost half the country's 63 lawmakers were absent.
Both opponents and supporters of the bill said Wednesday it was a European first. With the exception of the Vatican and tiny principalities like Andorra, strip clubs operate across the continent.