Shawn J. Soper
Managing Editor
OCEAN CITY -- Convinced Ocean City officials have a better understanding of the public sensibilities of its residents and guests than the plaintiffs in the case, a federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a civil suit that wanted women to be able to go topless in the resort.
In January 2018, a civil suit was filed in U.S. District Court challenging an emergency ordinance passed by the Mayor and Council in June 2017 prohibiting females from going topless in the same areas as men are allowed to go shirtless, including the beach and Boardwalk, for example. The plaintiffs in the case, including local resident Chelsea Eline and four others, argued the emergency ordinance passed by the Mayor and Council in June 2017 violated their constitutional rights allowing them, and ostensibly any other woman who chose to do so, to go topless in certain areas of the resort where men are allowed to go shirtless.
The case centered on who was best suited to assess the public sensibilities of Ocean City’s residents and visitors. Ocean City asserted the very elected officials who passed the emergency ordinance were best suited to gage the community’s collective opinion on the female public topless issue based on interactions with residents and guests.
“Protecting the public sensibilities is an important government interest based on an indisputable difference between the sexes,” the town’s rationale for the emergency ordinance reads. “Further, a prohibition against females baring their breasts in public, although not offensive to everyone, is still seen by society as unpalatable.”
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20 comments:
Wonderful! Common sense prevailed at last!
Thongs don't count?
Finally soros takes a loss
Stick in the Mud OC !!!
If they were Smart , which they are Not !!
They would have designated part of the beach (plenty of room there) for
TOPLESS or even Naked !! where Only authorized could go to !!!
If they were Smart , which they are Not !!
They would have Approved a Cruise Port there (Plenty of room there) for
year round Cruise business !!! Had their chance & turned it down !!!
This has got to be the dumbest, most ridiculous ruling ever. When was the last time breasts attacked you, made you sick, stole from you, or did anything against you? Let'em go free, for God's sake.
Well there goes my plans for the weekend!
No Season this year anyway !! O.C is Dead on arrival 2020 !!
All Topless remain 6 ft apart !! LOL LOL
soros has never even heard of Ocean City
Did I really read "who was best suited"? Thought they wanted to be unsuited??
May just be the tip of the iceberg if they appeal their denial to peel.
"...May just be the tip of the iceberg..."
Apparently no "tips" anytime soon.
Nipple the less, Ocean City officials are abreast of the situation, even though they may thought of by some as boobs.
Well, crap!
The "ladies" that want to go topless really should give it a second thought. Nobody wants to see your nasty titties swinging in the wind like windchimes
Lol esp thug grandma.
NO MAN BOOBS ALSO.
cute 720
Whoopie. Mayor/City Hall won with their beliefs - geez. What a waste of time/resources.
Mayor/City Hall - you have bigger fish that need frying rather than whether we see full womans ta-ta's on the beach.
How's that rain-day fund doing?
By the way - its POURING all around us with no end relief in sight.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ aint coming!
I understand that a suit is under way to require all men must now
wear tank tops or tees on the beach now so as not to offend.
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