Morality Cops

Arizonans' Freedom to Interact With Strippers May Stay Safe This Year, Based on State Senate

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Nov. 20 2012 at 1:01 PM
Categories: Morality Cops
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Republican state Senate President-elect Andy Biggs announced today who's going to be heading up the Senate's committees, and all we could think about was the strippers.

As you may recall from a few months back, the lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy wanted anyone running for a seat in the Legislature to tell the group whether they support banning the "touching or tipping" of strippers.

See also:
-Center for Arizona Policy Now Concerned About People "Touching or Tipping" Strippers
-Republicans Tell Center for Arizona Policy Their Beliefs About Hardcore Porn, Strippers
-Steve Court Proposes Alcohol Ban at Strip Clubs


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Morality Cops

Jan Brewer Asked to Ditch Family Research Council Event Over Its Anti-Gay Obsession (She's Still Going)

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Sep. 11 2012 at 11:55 AM
Categories: Morality Cops
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Governor Jan Brewer
The Southern Poverty Law Center has asked Governor Jan Brewer and others to skip out on an event hosted by the Family Research Council because of the group's persistent "demonization" of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

Brewer's office says that's not happening.

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Morality Cops

Anyone Surprised Jerice Hunter Is Charged With Murdering Jhessye Shockley?

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Sep. 7 2012 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Morality Cops
See also: Jhessye Shockley's Mother Jerice Hunter Arrested for Girl's Murder

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Jhessye Shockley
The Glendale Police Department announced yesterday that Jerice Hunter, the mother of missing and presumed dead 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley, was arrested for the girl's murder.

Once it was announced in December that police believed Shockley's body had been thrown in a Tempe trash can, Hunter's been the one and only "focus" of the investigation.

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Monty's World

Bill Montgomery Declares War on Medical-Marijuana Law; Craves Arrests of Patients, Caregivers and Dispensary Operators

By Ray Stern Thu., Aug. 9 2012 at 8:50 AM
Categories: Medical Weed, Monty's World, Morality Cops

See also: Bill Montgomery Wants Lawyer for Unborn in Suit Challenging AZ's 20-Week Abortion Ban; Judge Denies His Request

See also: Bill Montgomery Joins the Morality Cops in Hating on Strippers

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Bill Montgomery can't wait to prosecute medical-marijuana patients and caregivers.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery understands that voters passed a law legalizing medical marijuana in Arizona, but he still wants to bust patients, caregivers and dispensary operators.

Montgomery said this week that his interpretation of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act is that anyone growing marijuana, whether or not they are registered with the state, can be prosecuted. Likewise with people selling marijuana, such as the operators of a dispensary. The Republican county attorney also believes the Arizona Legislature can legally ban all abortions, despite Roe. V. Wade.

In an interview on KFYI (550 AM) this morning, Montgomery said "federal law" so often, it sounded like a mantra. He can't simply squash the rights of state voters like he wants, though -- a state court has to agree with his interpretation.

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Bill Montgomery Joins the Morality Cops in Hating on Strippers

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Jul. 19 2012 at 4:00 PM
Categories: Monty's World, Morality Cops
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Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, the anti-stripper candidate.
If you really trust your local politicians (again, we'll pause for laughter), then they're really serious about hating on strippers.

The lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy released more local candidates' answers to their questionnaires for this year's elections, including county and city offices, and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery gave the most Bill Montgomery answers you could expect.

Weed -- no. Strippers -- no. Porn -- no. Supporting the gays -- no. Putting religious content on government property -- yes.

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Republicans

Republicans Tell Center for Arizona Policy Their Beliefs About Hardcore Porn, Strippers

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Jul. 16 2012 at 3:21 PM
Categories: Morality Cops, Republicans
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If you're a Republican running for public office, you probably shouldn't even look at this picture.
If you trust politicians (ha, ha), then get this -- many local Republicans believe people need to go to prison for selling porn, and tipping strippers should be illegal.

The lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy released the candidates' answers to their questionnaires for this year's elections, which is not only a good indication of the CAP morality cops' agenda, but also of how much CAP ass-kissing the Republicans are willing to do.

Every state candidate was asked by CAP whether they support or oppose "[p]rohibiting touching or tipping dancers and fully nude performances in sexually oriented businesses," and more than 80 people actually responded to that.

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Center for Arizona Policy Now Concerned About People "Touching or Tipping" Strippers

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Jun. 11 2012 at 2:55 PM
Categories: Morality Cops, Nanny-State of Mind, Sex
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The Center for Arizona Policy would like anyone running for a seat at the Legislature to give their opinions on professionals like these.
For some reason, lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy would like anyone running for a seat in the Legislature this year to tell the group whether they support banning the "touching or tipping" of strippers.

The surveys, which usually are a good indication of the CAP morality cops' agenda for the next legislative session, are updated every two years.

In 2010, one of the questions on the survey asked whether the candidate supported or opposed "[r]egulating sexually oriented businesses to the fullest extent possible under the law."

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Morality Cops

Cathi Herrod and Center for Arizona Policy's Bizarre Anti-Bullying Bill Conspiracy Theory

By Monica Alonzo Thu., Mar. 15 2012 at 5:15 PM
Categories: Morality Cops

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Cathi Herrod, a heavyweight lobbyist and president of the Center for Arizona Policy, believes there is a grand conspiracy afoot for gays to "gain access to our schools and to our children."

We're not sure what is supposed to happen after this "access" is gained, but it seems like something awful. Perhaps they will start forcing the children to build landing strips for gay martians?

Her fears prompted her to work behind the scenes and squash SB 1462, an anti-bullying measure that was approved in the state Senate with bi-partisan support. With calls to her lackeys friends in the House of Representatives, she ensured the bill would not see the light of day.

And, now, it's dead.


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Porn

Bill Montgomery's Warning to the Porn Industry: Filming Nudie Flicks in Arizona May Be Prostitution (Even Though It's Been Happening Here for Years)

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Mar. 13 2012 at 12:19 PM
Categories: Morality Cops, Porn, When Good Porn Goes Bad
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Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery says having sex for money may be illegal.
​Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery's heard the news that several California porn-production companies may be planning to come out to Arizona, partially due to Los Angeles' new law requiring porn actors to wear condoms.

Now, Montgomery's warning that bare-backing it on camera in Arizona may qualify as prostitution.

"Under Arizona law, anyone paid to appear in a pornographic movie may be guilty of the crime of prostitution, which carries mandatory jail time as well as the possibility of other penalties," Montgomery's office warns.

As you may know -- or pretend to not know -- several porno outlets have already been operating in Arizona for several years now, including the Scottsdale-based Backroom Casting Couch and FTV Girls.

County Attorney's Office spokesman Jerry Cobb tells New Times that Montgomery's office is well aware that some porno companies operate in Arizona, but claims they could be violating prostitution laws as well.

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Morality Cops

Jan Brewer Makes it Official: Arizona Would Prefer You Not Be Gay if You Want to Adopt a Kid

By James King Mon., Apr. 18 2011 at 3:11 PM
Categories: Morality Cops







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​It's official: the state of Arizona would "prefer" you not be a gay if you want to adopt a kid.

Governor Jan Brewer today signed a bill into law that makes it as difficult as humanly possible for gay people to adopt children in Arizona.

The new law doesn't necessarily say homosexuals can't adopt kids -- but it states that Arizona would prefer that married couples be given higher consideration for adoptions than non-married people, if all other factors are equal.

In other words, since homosexuals aren't allowed to tie the knot in Arizona -- yet -- they would lose out to heterosexual married couples every time.

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