Mike AI
11-21-2004, 12:12 AM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6541008/
Man spends week on roof of porn shop
Cosmetic salesman protests Kansas obscenity lawsThe Associated Press
Updated: 7:15 p.m. ET Nov. 20, 2004SALINA, Kan. - A man spent a week on the roof of one of two adult bookstores in town to protest a movement to have the stores investigated for obscenity.
Ray Morris, 38, came down from his perch on top of Behind Closed Doors on Saturday morning after staying in a tent there since the previous Saturday.
“I can’t stress enough that I am not promoting porn,” Morris said. “I’m promoting the idea of choice. Everyone has a right to choose whether they want to enter these stores.”
Some local residents are gathering signatures in a petition drive to force a grand jury to investigate whether Behind Closed Doors and another store, Priscilla’s, are promoting obscenity by selling sex products.
A similar petition drive in nearby Abilene resulted in grand jury indictments against the Lion’s Den adult bookstore.
During his stint on the roof, Morris displayed a sign urging passing motorists to honk if they support his cause, but a few people also made obscene gestures toward him, he said.
Morris, a cosmetics salesman, said he wants state legislators to change the state’s obscenity laws or remove them altogether.
Man spends week on roof of porn shop
Cosmetic salesman protests Kansas obscenity lawsThe Associated Press
Updated: 7:15 p.m. ET Nov. 20, 2004SALINA, Kan. - A man spent a week on the roof of one of two adult bookstores in town to protest a movement to have the stores investigated for obscenity.
Ray Morris, 38, came down from his perch on top of Behind Closed Doors on Saturday morning after staying in a tent there since the previous Saturday.
“I can’t stress enough that I am not promoting porn,” Morris said. “I’m promoting the idea of choice. Everyone has a right to choose whether they want to enter these stores.”
Some local residents are gathering signatures in a petition drive to force a grand jury to investigate whether Behind Closed Doors and another store, Priscilla’s, are promoting obscenity by selling sex products.
A similar petition drive in nearby Abilene resulted in grand jury indictments against the Lion’s Den adult bookstore.
During his stint on the roof, Morris displayed a sign urging passing motorists to honk if they support his cause, but a few people also made obscene gestures toward him, he said.
Morris, a cosmetics salesman, said he wants state legislators to change the state’s obscenity laws or remove them altogether.