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Columbia Missourian

TODAY'S QUESTION: Is the strip club law constitutional?

By Carla Jimenez
September 1, 2010 | 12:28 p.m. CDT

A new Missouri law targeting adult businesses came into effect Friday. The law prohibits:

Adult business owners filed a lawsuit in August to prevent the law from taking effect, but a Cole County judge rejected it.

The business owners said in the lawsuit that the regulations would violate the First Amendment and cause them irreparable harm.

What do you think? Is the new strip club law constitutional?