The city of Aurora, Colo., can impose zoning and licensing requirements on hard-core pornography sellers and sexually oriented businesses, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. The decision "should help cities across the nation in defending their neighborhoods against sleazy operators, many of whom have no problems with opening such ‘businesses’ near a school or church," Alan Sears of the Alliance Defense Fund (see link #4 below) said.
Aurora tried to block the opening of Christie’s, a shop selling pornography. Its owner sued in federal district court and won, but the decision was reversed in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, with help from the Alliance Defense Fund. The high court let stand a lower court’s decision. "With the Aurora decision in hand, cities can resist pressure from pornographers," Sears said.

Reprinted with permission from Religion Today, http://www.ReligionToday.com."

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