Strippers protest at church

Strippers Protest Church for Protesting Strippers

Dancers from the Foxhole, a gentleman's club in Coschocton County, Ohio, stood outside the New Beginnings Ministries in their bikinis to protest against the church for protesting against them. "For the last four years, the pastor at New Beginnings has led a protest outside the Foxhole every weekend," Consumerist reported. "Beyond just voicing disapproval of the strip joint, the church members also videotape the license plates of the bar's patrons and then post the info online." Fed up, the club's employees decided to turn the tables. And they know how to protest: Churchgoers arrived to find the ladies writing down their license plate numbers, but also cooling themselves off with Super Soakers. When they weren't busy grilling hamburgers, the women held up signs with Bible quotes: "Matthew 7:15: Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing; Revelations 22:11: He that is unjust, let him be unjust still." "When these morons go away, we'll go away," said the strip club's owner, who has tried to sue the church in the past. "The great thing about this country is that everyone has a right to believe what they want. They're just mad because their wives won't let them come to my club." The pastor, who has said he protests not to condemn the dancers, but to offer them an alternative, said that strippers outside of his church would only strengthen his conviction. "These church people say horrible things about us," said one of the dancers, a married mother of six. "They say we're homewreckers and whores. The fact of the matter is, we're working to keep our own homes together, to give our kids what they need."

Read original story in Gawker | Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010