Seattle and surrounding cities are cracking down on coffee shops that use scantily clad women as a means to attact business. But, while it started with bikinis, it is now a G-string and pasties. On top of that, cops have been going in undercover and “collecting evidence” in the form of photos of the baristas performing what are considered sex acts for money. While not technically prostitution, it is still illegal.
Bill Wheeler, who runs four Grab-N-Go espresso stands in the Everett area, said the new ordinances and negative publicity generated by the charges against his employees has cut his business by about 80 percent, and he has let go one-third of his staff.
Of course, unemployment is not a problem in the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Who cares if they’re unemployed when they’re doing the Devil’s work, right?
“You have a bunch of church groups that got together and decided they just don’t like women in bikinis,” he said. “And in response a lot of these cities have decided to trample on First Amendment rights. It’s sad, because people are allowing it to happen.”
Church groups are big supporters of the First Amendment as long as no one says or does anything that offends them…