tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276098092011-07-14T15:29:58.142-06:00Dont Fence Me InCultural Organizations Encouraging Full Understanding
of Proposed Billings Obscenity Ordinance.Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277899929414417165noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27609809.post-1147979721515687212006-05-18T13:12:00.000-06:002006-05-23T11:44:09.666-06:00Yellowstone County Argues that Obscenity Ordinance is "defective as a matter of law"The Yellowstone County’s arguments against the ordinances before the Montana Supreme Court in 2004 offer the most compelling reasons why the proposed ordinances (on obscenity and zoning regulations) are “defective as a matter of law.” According to the county the obscenity ordinance:is overbroad with a substantial risk for a constitutional challengewould burden intrastate exercise of free michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07614711760581014380noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27609809.post-1146869120527176952006-05-05T16:43:00.000-06:002006-05-17T21:21:18.696-06:00History of the Proposed Obscenity Ordinances in Yellowstone CountyDecember 2002Dallas Erickson of Ravalli County submitted two proposed petitions for initiatives to the Yellowstone County Election Administrator. One concerned the enactment of a county obscenity ordinance. The other concerned the enactment of an amendment to the county zoning regulations related to sexually oriented businesses.January 2003The Yellowstone County Board of County Commissioners Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277899929414417165noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27609809.post-1146869007793405272006-05-05T16:42:00.000-06:002006-05-05T16:43:27.793-06:00Yellowstone Art Museum - Letter to the EditorCultural Organizations Encourage Full Understandingof Proposed Obscenity OrdinanceMembers of the Board of Trustees and staff of the Yellowstone Art Museum urge all voters to acquaint themselves fully with the proposed Yellowstone County obscenity ordinance that will appears on the June ballot. The full text of the proposed ordinance may be viewed atwww.co.yellowstone.mt.gov/commissioners/Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277899929414417165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27609809.post-1146868886433347902006-05-05T16:40:00.000-06:002006-05-05T16:41:26.436-06:00Billings Obscenity Ordinance Talking PointsObscenity Ordinance Talking Points: No specific incident or history of incidents prompted the need for an obscenity law in Yellowstone County that is stricter than Montana state law already covers. A Montana state law is already in place prohibiting public display or dissemination of obscene materials to minors. No signatures were gathered from Yellowstone County residents to test whether Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277899929414417165noreply@blogger.com0