Strip club patrons get card in the mail with their car's photo.

[AFB]

This is the same state that went after a woman for selling adult toys.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

my tips have been dwindling lately....this explains it.

 

[ggavinmoss]

How do they get the person's address?

-geoff

 

[Ynog]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
How do they get the person's address?

-geoff

Thats my first thought. While I could be wrong, I thought DMV records were not public information.
So you just cannot look up someones license plate and get a name and address.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
How do they get the person's address?

-geoff

I'm guessing from the DMV through the Freedom of Information Act.

 

[PanzerIV]

That's a town I am thankful I do not live in. The ironic thing is that usually its these righteous asses that have skeletons in their closets.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: Ynog

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
How do they get the person's address?

-geoff

Thats my first thought. While I could be wrong, I thought DMV records were not public information.
So you just cannot look up someones license plate and get a name and address.

I think that in some states it is considered public information.

 

[ggavinmoss]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
How do they get the person's address?

-geoff

I'm guessing from the DMV through the Freedom of Information Act.

I thought the FOIA was supposed to be used to ensure government transparency, not anti-porn missionary work in the heartland of America. I guess I was wrong.

-geoff

 

[oniq]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: SilentZero
Damn, thats just wrong. Imposing ones beliefs on others in that fashion is BAD!

They're not imposing their beliefs on anyone, they're sending them an invitation to go to church.

Yes, they are imposing. It's a violation of privacy, in my opinion. Patrons of strip clubs are doing nothing wrong, legally or morally.

How is taking a picture of someone's car an invasion of privacy? Obviously it didn't bother them when they parked there.

Yes, but then they are sending it to their house as if what they are doing is wrong.

The Church cult is so pathetic.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: oniq

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: SilentZero
Damn, thats just wrong. Imposing ones beliefs on others in that fashion is BAD!

They're not imposing their beliefs on anyone, they're sending them an invitation to go to church.

Yes, they are imposing. It's a violation of privacy, in my opinion. Patrons of strip clubs are doing nothing wrong, legally or morally.

How is taking a picture of someone's car an invasion of privacy? Obviously it didn't bother them when they parked there.

Yes, but then they are sending it to their house as if what they are doing is wrong.

The Church cult is so pathetic.

Agreed.

 

[GiggityGiggity]

Sounds like a good time to do the same in return...send all of his patrons post cards of his car parked at church, with the caption 'Your donations paid for this'
And another image next to it of a girl in a bikini with the caption 'My donations paid for these'

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: oniq

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: SilentZero
Damn, thats just wrong. Imposing ones beliefs on others in that fashion is BAD!

They're not imposing their beliefs on anyone, they're sending them an invitation to go to church.

Yes, they are imposing. It's a violation of privacy, in my opinion. Patrons of strip clubs are doing nothing wrong, legally or morally.

How is taking a picture of someone's car an invasion of privacy? Obviously it didn't bother them when they parked there.

Yes, but then they are sending it to their house as if what they are doing is wrong.

The Church cult is so pathetic.

Agreed.

Ah, but if they are doing nothing wrong then it shouldn't bother them at all, right? It would be different if the pastor were posting the pictures in the town hall or something.

 

[Fritoz]

To answer the question, for everyone who didn't read the article...

He and a few church members, digital camera in hand, take turns staking out the businesses about once a week.
Then they go online to find the owner's name and address from license plate records, which are public in Texas.

I was going to post a link to Google Phonebook info for Jim Norwood from Kennedale, TX but I won't stoop to that level...

 

[TheAudit]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
The ironic thing is that usually its these righteous asses that have skeletons in their closets.

 

[gistech1978]

isnt that the same town where the woman was sent 'undercover' into a sex shop and bought a d*ldo?
then the police raided the store?
i think so...

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
How did I know this would be in Texas?

wtf??? there are hardcore religious groups in every state with small towns.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Ynog

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
How do they get the person's address?

-geoff

Thats my first thought. While I could be wrong, I thought DMV records were not public information.
So you just cannot look up someones license plate and get a name and address.

You suck at reading the article.

...Then they go online to find the owner's name and address from license plate records, which are public in Texas.

 

[Gurck]

Aside from slavery, sometimes I think we'd all be better off had the South won...

 

[gsaldivar]

Then they go online to find the owner's name and address from license plate records, which are public in Texas.

That's the problem, right there.

Close that little loophole, and problem solved.

 

[Wheatmaster]

man what a moron. leave them alone. they have the right to make $$$ their own way. better than harassing young boys...

 

[rh71]

nvm*

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269

Originally posted by: Ynog

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
How do they get the person's address?

-geoff

Thats my first thought. While I could be wrong, I thought DMV records were not public information.
So you just cannot look up someones license plate and get a name and address.

I think that in some states it is considered public information.

Is it for California ?

 

[datrada]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Pastor elected mayor of small town after photographing porn-shop customers' cars

Published: Saturday, June 5, 2004
KENNEDALE, Texas (AP) ? Patrons of the XXX Super Store and the Fantasy Foxx strip club have been getting a souvenir in the mail recently: an I-know-where-you've-been postcard emblazoned with a photo of the customer's car parked outside one of the adult businesses. The card reads: "Observed you in the neighborhood. Didn't know if you were aware there is a church in the area."

Oakcrest Family Church pastor Jim Norwood and his followers have been snapping the pictures and mailing out the cards over the past six months or so ? a campaign that helped Norwood get elected mayor of this Fort Worth suburb last month with 66 percent of the vote.

"Anybody that knows me will say that my heart is to try to help these people," said Norwood, 56. "But if all of these places close up, that's not a problem with me."

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I agree. i am liberal but those shops are lewd and insanitary and should be banned. anonymous mailorder is ok though.

 

[LordMagnusKain]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve

Originally posted by: LordMagnusKain

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
Start taking photos of the cars at church and send them porno fliers?

"Just thought you might like to know there is a strip club in the area..."

Sounds good to me.

What concerns me is the kind of person that would have either be illegal.

I'm not looking to outlaw either, I'm just saying that if they can't take it, then they shouldn't be dishing it out.

yep

They're not imposing their beliefs on anyone, they're sending them an invitation to go to church.

yep

The ironic thing is that usually its these righteous asses that have skeletons in their closets.

everyone does.

Yes, but then they are sending it to their house as if what they are doing is wrong.

what they are doing IS wrong. Of course at the same time i must recognize someone as "closed minded" as i exists on the other side of this debate and would suggest that going to church is wrong.

Just as long as we're free then it doesn't matter how wrong you think i am, or how wrong i think you are.

Ah, but if they are doing nothing wrong then it shouldn't bother them at all, right? It would be different if the pastor were posting the pictures in the town hall or something.

What difference does it make, the only people that would care are those who feel its wrong in the first place, as such they should be encouraged to live by their convictions.

I agree. i am liberal but those shops are lewd and insanitary and should be banned. anonymous mailorder is ok though.

Such is the right of a community to enforce its own standards: as per the US supreme court's ruling.

But that doesn't mean anything much more than a city ordinance should be allowed exist against it.

 

[JupiterJones]

Originally posted by: oniq

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: SilentZero
Damn, thats just wrong. Imposing ones beliefs on others in that fashion is BAD!

They're not imposing their beliefs on anyone, they're sending them an invitation to go to church.

Yes, they are imposing. It's a violation of privacy, in my opinion. Patrons of strip clubs are doing nothing wrong, legally or morally.

How is taking a picture of someone's car an invasion of privacy? Obviously it didn't bother them when they parked there.

Yes, but then they are sending it to their house as if what they are doing is wrong.

The Church cult is so pathetic.

The only person who would be really bothered by this would be the one who hides this vice from their families. If there is nothing wrong with these sorts of activities then why would anyone hide their involvement? If someone sent me a picture of my car outside of McDonalds, I'm not sure it would bother me too much.