(submitted by scotzoidman)
Associated Press


JAMESTOWN, N.D. - An official with Australia's "Thunder from Down Under" male revue called cancellation of a scheduled North Dakota performance following protests from religious leaders a shocking form of censorship.

"With all due respect to the (Jamestown) Ministerial Association, no one is being forced to buy a ticket or see the show," Penny Levin, a spokeswoman for the show, said Friday. "But now people are being forced to not see the show.

"We're not a bunch of heathens roaming through."

The mayor and two city council members voted late Thursday to terminate the contract, after the Ministerial Association presented a petition protesting what pastors called a strip show.

Earlier, a Jamestown Civic Center sponsor sent an e-mail to the city administrator questioning having its logo associated with "pornography."

Rev. Randy Jaspers, of Temple Baptist Church, called the show "the absolute wrong thing for Jamestown to bring in."

Lori Anderson, Civic Center manager, acknowledged dancers were "going to shed some clothes." But she said she was surprised by the reaction. The show had been sheduled for next Thursday.

One council member who opposed the cancellation noted the Ministerial Association did not oppose a recent Ultimate Fighting show featuring what the councilman called "guys trying to beat each other's brains out."

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