Entries Tagged as 'Iowa'

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

This is what a madam looks like in Iowa

Mary J. Doolin admitted to Cedar Rapids police that she had been running a prostitution ring for a number of years.
She was arrested yesterday for pimping out 37-year-old Debra Voshell (see below) to an undercover cop.
Voshell is her daughter.

Source: Associated Press

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Iowa court judged to be patron of the tarts

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In Iowa, the state lost its appeal regarding whether Clarence Judy, then-owner of Shotgun Geniez, violated the state’s public indecent exposure law.
The Associated Press reports that Judy was charged after a 17-year-old girl stripped on stage in 2007.
The court ruled that while it is still against the law [...]

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Thanksgiving no longer for gays

Seeking to make itself more inclusive, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) has decided to allow non-celibate gay clergy and recognize same-sex couples.
The open-mindedness has caused a bit of a rift. What is Jesus’s love, after all, if not a tool to exclude people we may not like.
In Nebraska and Iowa, for instance, where [...]

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Washington court rules that 18-year-olds are fair game for student-teacher sex

The Court of Appeals in the state of Washington has ruled that if a student appeals to a teacher (and vice-versa), sex is okay if the student is 18 or older.
The Associated Press reports that the court ruled that the state law barring teachers from having sex with students doesn’t explicitly include students who are 18 [...]