25 July 2008
Club Night claims religious Status To Evade Council
UPFRONT, news, night online, COMMENTS
Popular hard dance night Frenzy has claimed the status of an official religion in order to get around Bournemouth council's flyering rules. Recent council legislation
has outlawed the ciculation of un-approved promotional materials, stating:
"The distribution of free printed matter is permitted only with the
prior consent of the Council... The legislation does not apply to the
distribution of free literature where the distribution is for the purposes
of a religion".
In a statement on the club night's website, Frenzy has responded:
"Whilst Frenzy deems that this ruling is in fact
un-enforcable by law due to the Human Rights Act of 1998, the clubnight does
not wish to aggravate the council or set a precedent for other clubbing
events to follow. Instead, Frenzy is taking the necessary steps to ensure
that any flyering activities are kept within the boundaries of Bournemouth
Borough Council's recent legislation. We are the 21st century's first rave
cult".
According to the website, Frenzy's commandments are that members must pay their council tax,
not drop litter, respect their neighbours and "rave safely".
From: Night Online
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Related Links:
www.frenzyclub.co.uk
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That's fantastic. |
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Genius
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It was blatantly unenforceable anyhow
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That reg is rediculous. Why are religions exempt?
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about time people started doing things like this,
any beliefs no matter whether they are shared by many or are your own should be given the same protection, why should a church be allowed to hand out leaflets and not a club,
organised religion is given too much status by the law and our society as it is,
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I'm glad you enjoyed our little campaign - it was good fun putting this together!
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