Do you pray for strippers? And I don't mean to find them :).
shadowcat
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Judge Blocks Public Records Request for Stripper Info, Temporarily Thwarting Man Who Wanted to Pray for Them by Name
Dreamgirls at Fox's/FacebookDreamgirls at Fox's/Facebook
Last week I wrote about strip club employees in Tacoma, Washington, suing to block the county from releasing their private information to someone who filed a public records request for it. Strippers in Tacoma are required to register for "entertainer's licenses," which are then kept on file with the county and subject to such requests.
This Thursday, a federal judge in Tacoma issued a temporary injunction to block the release of these licenses, which include dancers stage and legal names, dates of birth, and photos. District Court Judge Ronald Leighton said that releasing the licenses of DreamGirls at Fox's dancers and managers could bring them "irreparable harm."
According to The News Tribune, the man who requested the info, David Van Vleet, said his request was for "the public good" and he had merely wanted to "pray for those dancers by name." From the Tribune:
Van Vleet said he is a civil engineer, a parent and a Pierce County citizen who frequently files public records requests. He lists an Auburn post office box as his address.
Standing at a lectern, he argued his case to Leighton for 20 minutes. The judge asked him if he understood why the women didn’t want him to have their license information. Van Vleet said he did, but that he is protected by the same Constitution they are.
Leighton also asked Van Vleet why he wanted the information. Besides being curious and praying for the workers, Van Vleet said he was entitled to the licenses under the state’s Public Records Act.
(...) He said the workers should have known their licenses could be disclosed under state law.
A good reason to change the law and/or do away with occupational licensing of strippers altogether, no?
This isn't the last we'll here about this situation, however, as the judge's ruling only temporarily bars the records request. According to the Tribune, the judge had concerns about the breadth of Fox’s request. A final decision will be issued December 15.
Dreamgirls at Fox's/FacebookDreamgirls at Fox's/Facebook
Last week I wrote about strip club employees in Tacoma, Washington, suing to block the county from releasing their private information to someone who filed a public records request for it. Strippers in Tacoma are required to register for "entertainer's licenses," which are then kept on file with the county and subject to such requests.
This Thursday, a federal judge in Tacoma issued a temporary injunction to block the release of these licenses, which include dancers stage and legal names, dates of birth, and photos. District Court Judge Ronald Leighton said that releasing the licenses of DreamGirls at Fox's dancers and managers could bring them "irreparable harm."
According to The News Tribune, the man who requested the info, David Van Vleet, said his request was for "the public good" and he had merely wanted to "pray for those dancers by name." From the Tribune:
Van Vleet said he is a civil engineer, a parent and a Pierce County citizen who frequently files public records requests. He lists an Auburn post office box as his address.
Standing at a lectern, he argued his case to Leighton for 20 minutes. The judge asked him if he understood why the women didn’t want him to have their license information. Van Vleet said he did, but that he is protected by the same Constitution they are.
Leighton also asked Van Vleet why he wanted the information. Besides being curious and praying for the workers, Van Vleet said he was entitled to the licenses under the state’s Public Records Act.
(...) He said the workers should have known their licenses could be disclosed under state law.
A good reason to change the law and/or do away with occupational licensing of strippers altogether, no?
This isn't the last we'll here about this situation, however, as the judge's ruling only temporarily bars the records request. According to the Tribune, the judge had concerns about the breadth of Fox’s request. A final decision will be issued December 15.
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Couldn't this same sort of thing happen in Georgia (or is it just Atlanta) where strippers must also register. I've talked to several dancers who didn't want to work in Atlanta because of that requirement, and I can't blame them.
This creep is going to use the information to harass dancers or worse. Their privacy needs to be protected.
A couple years ago something similar was tried with getting info on people with concealed pistol permits. ( I think it was in NY state.) The courts finally ruled against this freedom of information request because of privacy and other reasons. You don't want to let criminals know who and who is not armed.
You should trust that God knows what he's doing and not try to change his mind with your petty little requests. After all, you don't know everything like He does.
I vote for eat. Pass the Bacon
So He's already decided the outcome of the thing about which you're praying. Why would He change His mind when that outcome is part of the Plan that His perfect and omniscient mind conceived?
Do I pray for strippers? I pray that the stripper remains in good physical and mental shape, gets home safely to whatever dear ones she has, avoids scumbag boyfriends/managers/pimps and communicable diseases, gets to the end the month in the black, and can keep pretending to like me and getting naked and bumping and grinding on me -- until it's time to move along in life and that she then does so on her own terms and knowing what's next.
Like the other guys said: You do not need a list of names to pray for them. God knows all his/her children.