HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-30-24 Public Comment - L. Weaver - Please uphold the laws and constitution of our state. Restore Bozeman to a Family-Friendly statusFrom:LISA WEAVER
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Date:Tuesday, May 28, 2024 9:08:15 AM
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Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
I remind you of your oath to uphold the laws and constitution of our state. I urge you topreserve Bozeman’s previous reputation of being a “FAMILY-FRIENDLY” environment and a
“SAFE PLACE TO RAISE YOUR CHILDREN.” This reputation has been eroding.
With the upcoming Pride Month activities and other public events this summer, including
parades and so-called “family-friendly” drag shows, etc., please keep in mind, these
performances are sexual in nature, simulating stripping, masturbating and other sexual acts.Men sport imitation breasts. Not covered up, but bare breasts that look very real. Especially toa child. Subjecting children to these behaviors grooms our children for sexual predation.
Kelli Palfy, Ph.D., a trauma therapist, says sex offenders groom their victims for abuse byintroducing young children to sexually explicit materials which breaks down their inhibitions
toward sex and primes them for sexual abuse/TRAFFICKING. Explicit material significantly
increases the risk of a child becoming a victim of sexual violence. It also increases thelikelihood of the child acting out sexually against another child. She notes that children areoften given money to give to the performers. Encouraging the children themselves to reward
the very people who are grooming them for sexual predation.
This is wrong, destructive and even criminal according to our Montana State laws.
MT code 45-5-504 states that it is Indecent exposure to expose genitals or intimate parts
with the intent to arouse or gratify the person's own sexual response or desire or the sexual
response or desire of any person. These behaviors are sexually arousing to the performers and
intended to be sexually arousing to others, including children. As such, they are criminal
offenses and should not be allowed publicly in our city.
MT CODE 45-5-625 states: “A person commits the offense of sexual abuse of children if theperson: (a) knowingly employs, uses, or permits the employment or use of a child in anexhibition of sexual conduct, actual or simulated.” Therefore, engaging children in tippingperformers in an exhibition of simulated sexual conduct is in fact CRIMINAL.
This code further states that knowingly, by any means of communication, persuades, entices,
or encourages, a child under 16 years of age to view sexually explicit material or acts for the
purpose of inducing or persuading a child to participate is illegal;
Last year, in many cities across the nation, Gay Pride parades chanted over and over, “We're
here! We're queer! We're coming for your children!” They have made their "purpose" clear.
It is imperative that you do your duty per your oath. Protect our city. Protect our children. Do
not allow these behaviors to be publicly displayed in our public streets, public parks or public
buildings.
Thank you.
Lisa Weaver