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Dan Brunell Emerald
Rob Reynolds in his store on Wednesday evening. If Measure 87 passes, storeowners like Reynolds may be required to move.
Regulating adult activities
■ Measure 87 raises questions
about how regulating adult
businesses affects free speech
By Rebecca Newell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Freedom of speech and expres
sion are political buzz words that
continue to create controversy and
heated debates, and Measure 87 is
no different.
Measure 87 will amend the state
constitution to allow regulation of
the locations of sexually oriented
businesses through zoning. The
constitution currently allows the
location of businesses to be regulat
ed, but only upon proof of threat
ened or actual neighborhood harm,
such as increased crime.
If the measure passes, the Oregon
Constitution will be amended to al
low city councils to dictate where
adult businesses are located. This
includes the ability to re-zone areas
where current adult businesses are
located, forcing those businesses to
relocate or close. The measure cov
ers establishments whose principal
business is nude dancing, nude en
tertainment or production or distri
bution of sexual activity.
Rob Reynolds, manager of Exclu
sively Adult, an adult novelty store
in Springfield, believes the passage
of the measure will be the end of
his establishment and others like it.
“There is no grandfather clause,”
Reynolds said. “If the measure
passes, they can basically close
down anyone they want. I think
they’re going after everyone.”
Because city councils can deter
mine where to prohibit adult busi
nesses, the natural process would
be to map out businesses within
1,000 feet of churches and schools,
then residential areas and business
es within 1,000 feet of another
adult business, Reynolds said.
“Pretty soon, there will be noth
ing left,” he said.
However, Mayor Jim Torrey, one
of 14 Oregon mayors to publicly
support the measure, said the issue
is about location, not trying to elim
inate adult businesses. He empha
sized the importance of maintain
ing our freedom of speech rights,
but said he is concerned when
adult activities exist in residential
areas.
“I believe this will allow the lo
cal governing body to protect resi
dential areas and identify the most
t^As a feminist, I abhor
these kind of facilities,
and wish they didn't exist
But I’m concerned about
undermining our freedom
of speech laws which
protect us on so many
different levels.
Kitty Piercy
state representative
D-Eugene y
appropriate site for these adult ac
tivities,” Torrey said. “This meas
ure does allow the medium to exist,
as long as they’re in a specific zone.
The issue is where is the most ap
propriate site.”
Managers of adult businesses are
still worried that the measure will
force adult businesses out by giving
them too few choices for relocation,
Reynolds said.
“Legally, they can’t eliminate
everyone,” he said. “What they can
do is say the only places you can be
are Weyerhaeuser or the Spring
field Rock Quarry. It doesn’t matter
that it is unrealistic to relocate
there.”
Supporters of the measure, in
cluding groups such as Oregonians
for Children and Parents Education
Association, reiterate that Oregon is
one of only two states in the nation
that prohibits cities and counties
from determining, through zoning,
the proper location of sexually ori
ented business in their community.
And the measure is not a ban on
pornography. Public libraries, con
venience stores and bookstores will
not be affected, and passage of the
measure will not result in the cen
soring of books, magazines oi
videotapes.
For State Representative Kitty
Piercy, D-Eugene, the issue isn’t
about the adult businesses or theii
activities. She said she believes
cities can regulate the locations il
needed, using current zoning and
local ordinances, without impact
ing freedom of speech laws.
“The reason I’m opposed to this
is that I think it would make oui
freedom of speech laws weaker
than they are now,” Piercy said.
“As a feminist, I abhor these kind oi
facilities, and wish they didn’t ex
ist. But I’m concerned about under
mining our freedom of speech laws,
which protect us on so many differ
ent levels.”
Lisa Foisy, director of the Univer
sity Women’s Center, acknowl
edged the complication of the con
troversial issue because it touches
on two hot spots; freedom oi
speech and children.
“I think it’s a complicated issue,”
Foisy said. “I certainly am for pro
tecting certain constituents from in
appropriate images and material.”
But despite reassurances that the
measure won’t ban sexually orient
ed businesses, Reynolds said she
feels that Measure 87 will eventual
ly allow anti-pornography support
ers to slowly eliminate adult busi
nesses.
“Basically, we’re out of luck. The
measure allows city councils to im
pose their morality on the people,”
Reynolds said.
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Calendar
FRIDAY, October 13
Romance Languages Graduate Student Conference: “Internal Voices/Extemal Echoes.” Features panelists and keynote speak
ers Irene Assiba d’Almeida, “Mother and Daughter: Writing the tn/visible Exile,” and lleana Rodriguez, “Heterogeneity and
Multicultural ism: Cultural Discussion or Legal Discussion.” University of Oregon campus. Free.
Archaeologist Dennis Jenkins discusses “10,000 Years at Fort Rock,” a slide show of the story of cultural change and stability
in Central Oregon, where the world’s oldest shoes were found. The event is in conjunction with “Oregon Archaeology Cele
bration 2000,” a month-long series of events on the protection and interpretation of Oregon’s heritage. 5:30 p.m., Room
110, Knight Law Center. Free.
National Coming Out Day: “Freaky Friday” dance. 7 p.m., Walnut Room, EMU. Free.
Oregon Ballroom Dance: dress-up or casual; leather-soled shoes advised. No partner needed. Lessons during the first hour.
7:30-11:30 p.m., Room 220, Gerlinger Hall. $4 general public; $3 students and faculty.
Cultural Forum Film Series: “Pink Flamingos." 8 p.m.. Room 180, Prince Lucien Campbell Hall. $3 general; $2 students.