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Church defies tattoo law, calls it affront to beliefs
By wire services
Published March 10, 2005
PANAMA CITY - A church that considers tattoos to be sacred says it will defy a new city ordinance restricting where body art can be applied.
David Spears, leader of the Tattoo Tabernacle, told city commissioners Tuesday the ordinance violates the church's right to practice its "ritual of sacred skin."
The ordinance prohibits body piercing establishments or tattoo parlors from locating within 1,000 feet of schools, churches, parks and each other. According to the Tattoo Tabernacle's Web site, members believe tattoos make the skin sacred, increasing the spiritual power of the adorned.
Daytona Beach to allow woman's topless protest
DAYTONA BEACH - A woman fighting the city of Daytona Beach over her right to protest topless plans to bare her breasts in public this weekend.
An attorney for Elizabeth Book and a city attorney signed an agreement last month allowing her to be topless at a rally on the last day of Bike Week. She must use a flatbed truck covered with a 6-foot tarp to shield unwilling passers-by from seeing her and other topless female protesters.
"We consider it a tremendous victory for the First Amendment," said Larry Walters, Book's attorney.
Book has said it is unfair that only men are allowed to go topless in public places.
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