Is it time to start going to church gain?

shadowcat
Atlanta suburb
The City of Dallas says owner Glenn Hudson claims to be operating "churches" which officials say are clubs.

Hudson owns a building on Harry Hines Boulevard with blacked out windows and no markings that's licensed as a church.

The owner says this is a church but the city claims it's swingers club.

The City of Dallas' lawsuit alleges that the business is actually named "The Playground," and described it as a swingers club.

The city filed the lawsuit to shut down The Playground.

Documents say undercover officers went inside and saw porn playing on TVs, topless dancers, and a VIP room with beds and condoms.

Hudson claims he is an ordained minister and obtained his license from an online Web site.


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  • vincemichaels
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    13 years ago
    Let us bow down and pray for sustenance.
  • bang69
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    13 years ago
    this sounds like a churh I'd love to go to
  • Alucard
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    13 years ago
    I want the dancers praying with great energy! LOOL
  • rh48hr
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    13 years ago
    Blasphemy I say! Blasphemy! No seriously ... he's going to hell. lol.
  • georgmicrodong
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    13 years ago
    The guy's a moron. A "church" that doesn't do visibly churchy things won't pass legal muster. No rational person considers Scientology a real church, but they get away with it because they *look* like a church, and because they were smart enough to recruit rich motherfuckers who have money to bury naysayers in lawsuits. This guy set up a church and then did strip club things. Ain't gonna fly, even if he is a minister.

    He's probably ordained through the Universal Life Church, so his *ordination* is recognized in every state, but unless he does things that at leastthe ULC recognizes as worthy of the name, he's toast, legally speaking.
  • Dudester
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    13 years ago
    I'd go to that "church", but GMD is right. With that said, pre 1987, certain Texas establishments got around blue laws (no booze on Sunday) by being a private club. You had to have a membership to get in.

    I wonder today why a Houston club (St. James ? ) doesn't try the private club route to get around certain rules (booze sales, topless waitresses, nude dancers,and bedrooms where anything goes). Swinger clubs get around certain rules because consenting adults (presumably married) are engaging in sexual acts. If swingers can do this, why not single adult guys like me ?
  • gatorfan
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    13 years ago
    hail marys are for football
  • JuiceBox69
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    13 years ago
    Amen !!
  • JuiceBox69
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    13 years ago
    Rev. Lovejoy says we need to pays the plate so we can take up a "love donation"for all the "good deeds" sister taffy has done up in this place tonight! Know let us bow are heads and give some thanks : ))
  • JuiceBox69
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    13 years ago
    Rev. Lovejoy says we need to pays the plate so we can take up a "love donation"for all the "good deeds" sister taffy has done up in this place tonight! Know let us bow are heads and give some thanks : ))
  • highlander2973
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    13 years ago
    Reminds me of Eddie Murphy's preacher schtick in 'Coming to America.' Hallelu-JAH!!!
  • highlander2973
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    13 years ago
    http://movieclips.com/FWA5E-coming-to-am…
  • JuiceBox69
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    13 years ago
    Damn highlander that's some funny shit !
  • rh48hr
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    13 years ago
    I did that scene as well as the barber shop scenes from 'Coming to America' as part of a comedy routine I did in local comedy clubs here in Phoenix. I still get requests from friends to do it when we get together at parties. I love that movie. "Can I get an AMEN!
  • mmdv26
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    13 years ago
    When I lived in Dallas 25 years ago, Harry Hines Blvd was the place for p4p sex. I'm glad to see that Dallas supports historic preservation.
  • SuperDude
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    13 years ago
    The Evergreen Review, a counter-culture magazine of the 1960s, had two cartoon features. One, "Phoebe Zietgeist," included a character who was the object of religous worship--Our Lady of Perpetual Orgasm. The other cartoon was "Barbarella," which later became a movie starring a semi-nude Jane Fonda.
  • JuiceBox69
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    13 years ago
    Rh48 amen! Brother !
  • sanitago
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    13 years ago
    I have to laugh at the idea, but I think the local busy-bodies will succeed in shutting him down. no doubt Dallas, like a lot of other cities, has laws in place to restrict this sort of "immoral" activity, even though the folks in the club aren't doing anything *illegal*.
    [sigh] hail the "Moral Majority"!
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