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NCSF Media Update 
Digest
 
March 14, 2010
 
In this issue
Judge: Atlanta Eagle defendants 'not guilty'
Federal Judge won't dismiss Stagliano
He who casts the first stone
Bloomington man sentenced to 30 years for manslaughter
Leather and muscles and bears, oh my
Sexual innuendo & cigarettes make for disturbing ads
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NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or swing issues and topics. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between.
 
NCSF publishes the Updates to provide readers with a comprehensive look at what media outlets are writing about these topics and to urge everyone to make comments that dispute stereotypes about alternative sexuality. NCSF permits and encourages readers to forward these Updates where appropriate.
Judge: Atlanta Eagle defendants 'not guilty'
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
 
An Atlanta judge found three defendants in the Atlanta Eagle gay bar case not guilty Thursday, and the prosecutor agreed to dismiss the charges against the other five defendants.
 
Municipal Judge Crystal Gaines said city police failed to produce evidence proving that men danced naked without permits or that the bar operators were running an unlicensed adult establishment.
 
The decision comes as defendants and others involved with the Ponce de Leon Avenue bar are countering with a lawsuit in federal court against the city and Atlanta police officers.
 
"We always thought from the beginning that we were charged for no reason," bar co-owner Richard Ramey, who was not a defendant, said after the decision. "They had no right to be there," he said of the police. ...

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Federal Judge won't dismiss Stagliano obscenity case
XBIZ Newswire

... again has refused to dismiss obscenity charges against John Stagliano and his ... rejected their claim that federal obscenity laws are unconstitutional, ...
 
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He Who Casts the First Stone
Texas Observer
 
... So imagine the swingers' surprise when they arrived at their New Year's Eve bash to find two dozen protesters, local media in tow, holding signs and singing songs. This was a most unwelcome coming-out party. ...
 
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Bloomington man sentenced to 30 years for manslaughter
Indiana Daily Student

Gary Dunn, a former FBI agent and private investigator hired by the defense, said Laurie Moore was in contact with several men she met on the BDSM Web site, ...

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Leather and muscles and bears, oh my!
Western Courier

For those of you who don't know, S&M stands for sadomasochism, the act of delivering and receiving pain as a form of pleasure. ...
 
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Sexual Innuendo & Cigarettes Make For Disturbing Ads
Inventorspot

Instead, it associates smoking with slavery, sadomasochism, domination, pedophilia, and bland 1970s design. I'm kidding about the last part. ...

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