Banned in Indiana: AVERT YOUR EYES!!
Ind. Business Told to Hide Nude Statues — What a self-righteous crowd in Indiana. You’d think this episode would be a humiliation. This reminds me of the brouhaha over a wine label some years back that has a meaningless rough sketch that was banned as “porn.” Now this.
The Venus de Milo had better wear a top and Michelangelo’s David should put on some pants if they’re going to be seen at a yard art business.
Bartholomew County officials told the business near Interstate 65 that it must move cement copies of the classical statues –and about 10 others — out of public view because they are obscene under Indiana law.
“It’s not fair to point out our business, and personally, I don’t find them offensive,” Ginger Streeval, a co-owner of White River Truck Repair and Yard Art, told the Daily Journal of Franklin for a story Wednesday.
Frank Butler, the county’s zoning inspector, disagreed.
“They have nudity … and that should not be in the view of a minor,” he said.
Indiana’s obscenity law prohibits the display of nudity where children might see it, he said.
