Detroit Strip Clubs: Strip club debate gets heated
February 17, 2010 at 4:12 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsStrip club debate gets heated
Pastor slams proposed lighter restrictions; council leader likens ban to segregation laws
Christine MacDonald / The Detroit News
Detroit –City Council President Charles Pugh sparred with a prominent pastor, likened outlawing strip clubs to the civil-rights struggle and floated the idea of a red-light district Tuesday as debate about the city’s topless clubs heat up.
Pugh called out the Rev. Marvin L. Winans for living in the suburbs during the council’s debate about a proposal that would allow the city’s 33 clubs to continue to serve alcohol but require their workers to get special licenses from the city.
The remark came after Winans accused unnamed newly elected council members of betraying residents by backing away from ordinances proposed last year that would ban booze and require dancers to wear opaque pasties.
Winans criticized strip club owners for living outside the city, but Pugh reminded the gospel singer and movie star that he does, too.
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