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E71 <br />EASILY ACCESSIBLE. <br />THEY CONTAIN ARTICLES ENCOURAGING INCEST, RELATING <br />TO THE TRADING OF CHILDREN FOR SEXUAL PURPOSES, AND ADVOCATING THE <br />CONCEPT THAT SEX WITH MONGOLOID CHILDREN IS FUN. <br />PASTOR MCCLAIN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO <br />ASK THE COMMISSION TO SEE THAT THE LAWS ARE ENFORCED SO THAT THESE <br />MAGAZINES ARE NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO MINORS. HE NOTED THAT THE <br />CITY OF DALLAS HAS PASSED AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL MAGAZINES SUCH <br />AS THE ONES DESCRIBED TO BE ENCASED IN BROWN WRAPPERS, AND HE WOULD <br />LIKE TO SEE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FOLLOW THIS POLICY. THE FACT THAT OUR <br />CITY IS GROWING MEANS MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN WHO ARE NOT CONCERNED <br />ABOUT THIS SITUATION, AND, IN FACT, SOME WILL BE COMING IN WHO WOULD <br />LIKE TO SELL THESE MAGAZINES OR OTHER ARTICLES WHICH EXCITE SEXUALITY <br />AND IMMORALITY. PASTOR MCCLAIN EXPRESSED THANKS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE <br />ANY TOPLESS BARS, MASSAGE PARLORS, OR X-RATED THEATRES, AND BELIEVED <br />THAT NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE TO KEEP THESE THINGS <br />OUT. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH DO HAVE THESE BOOKS <br />AVAILABLE SHOULD BE CHECKED ON ONCE IN A WHILE TO SEE THAT THEY ARE <br />ABIDING BY THE LAW, AND COMMENTED THAT HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT IN <br />THE 7-11 AND LITTLE GENERAL STORES, THESE MAGAZINES ARE PLACED BEHIND <br />THE COUNTERS. PASTOR MCCLAIN THANKED THE BOARD IN ADVANCE FOR THEIR <br />COOPERATION AND WISHED THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP <br />ALERT ALSO, AND IF NECESSARY, WILL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION ASKING <br />FOR ADDITIONAL HELP. HE REPORTED THAT REVEREND HART WHO PASTORS A <br />CHURCH AND HAS A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN WABASSO IS CONCERNED THAT SOME <br />OF THESE MAGAZINES ARE VERY ACCESSIBLE THERE. HE COMMENTED THAT THERE <br />MAY BE A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT BEING ON THE TOP SHELF OF A <br />BOOK RACK WOULD BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE, BUT HE BELIEVED ANY 12 YEAR <br />OLD COULD EASILY REACH THEM. PASTOR MCCLAIN EMPHASIZED THAT THEY <br />ARE NOT TRYING TO PREACH MORALITY TO THESE ESTABLISHMENTS, BUT JUST <br />WISH THEM TO ABIDE BY THE LAW, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT THE PASTOR APPARENTLY <br />WISHED THE BOARD TO DO THREE THINGS - (1) ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO THE <br />EXTENT WE CAN TO PROHIBIT TOPLESS BARS, MASSAGE PARLORS, ETC.; <br />(2) SEE THAT CURRENT LAWS ARE ENFORCED; AND (3) REQUIRE THE MAGAZINES <br />AUG 131980 <br />L <br />41 BOOK - 44.E *E idau . <br />z <br />