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    Nuns won't stand for strip club in backyard

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Plus -- closet next to a convent.

The missionary sisters of saint Charles borrow Grammy out say it's an ungodly combination the strip club called get its.

Is being built in the continent's backyard but get it is already getting an entire community riled up against it here now is sister.

-- it still but she's missionary sister again of saint Charles.

Bora -- and the director and legal counsel of the Thomas More society Peter -- good morning to both the view.

Good morning good morning sister knowing he what do you think when you heard that -- strip club was going to be moving into your back yard.

While I didn't think we heard at a later date.

But I didn't think that was gonna happen unfortunately it did happen and as a community will have been fighting for the closing of this club to make sure it doesn't open.

It -- at the fabric of our community.

And it's it goes against everything that we stand for as religious women.

Peter and that is SARS is -- interrupt but I just want to ask hitter and they get back to you.

Are there laws against this sort of thing.

Well at the beginning of this there was both a local ordinance and the state law that prevented the placement of this -- a thousand feet of a place of religious worship.

The local municipality here -- their ordinance altogether but the state law we believe in content should still prohibit the placement of this facility.

Sister I mean this is obvious but if you could just your own words tell us what do you fear will happen.

If this strip club begins operating night after right.

Well -- be more violence in the area they'll be more drug use.

And right now we see.

Used syringes on the sidewalks and broken whiskey bottles children passed through the sidewalk in -- you to get to the school won't.

So they'll be more of that and we don't want that we -- -- healthy safe community.

And were holding them accountable.

Especially if two.

In -- represented -- that.

They honor.

The -- family values in the area this is worried the six to the strip club in the area my god has 5000 inhabitants.

And -- we don't need another one.

Again in our backyard.

-- just very quickly -- what can they do.

Well right now we ask you the relevant government officials folks at the municipality to enforce the law just because it is the local -- -- state law doesn't mean they should not enforcing the law that sworn an oath.

To do that we've also gone -- county prosecutor and we have not gotten any action.

At this point it does appear that we're going to have to file suit on behalf of the sisters and other local residents who are concerned about this to ensure that this place does not operate.

Now well good good luck -- -- all of your legal efforts and sister ninetieth please keep us posted.

As to what happens -- your commentator brain thanks so much to both of you for.

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