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I think this is just swell. (My prediction, the power of social convention will show the law was unneeded to begin with
Topless women win big as Colorado city drops ban
Topless women win big as Colorado city drops ban
Fort Collins, Colorado has decided it's not worth the money to fight for its ordinance banning women from appearing topless in public.
It's a victory for "Free the Nipple," a global movement seeking equal treatment for women.
In February, when it was cold enough that few would want to go topless in the community north of Denver, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge's conclusion that the law amounted to unconstitutional discrimination. It was based on "negative stereotypes depicting women's breasts, but not men's breasts, as sex objects," the court concluded.