Pure Pleasure Adult Bookstore
- Artist/Author/Producer: Pure Pleasure Adult Bookstore
- Confronting Bodies: "Help Our Moral Environment" (HOME), LDS
Church
- Dates of action: July 1992-Present
- Location: Mesquite, Nevada, USA
- Description of the Art Work
- Various adult videos, magazines and books.
Erotic dance.
- Description of incident
- The predominately Mormon community of Mesquite has banded together
to refuse services and goods to the owner of the Pure Pleasure adult
bookstore, opened there two years ago. The owner has been constantly
singled out and harassed by building inspectors, the city council, the
chamber of commerce, and other government entities. He has been refused
housing by the property owners of Mesquite. Since the store opened, a
24-hour protest watch has been maintained by the church-organized "Help
Our Moral Environment" group. They photograph anyone entering or leaving
the store, and record their auto license numbers in addition to
physically and verbally confronting them. HOME is currently pursuing a
lawsuit aimed at the revocation of a lawfully granted business license.
Their vigil has been maintained for the two years the store has been
open, and recently completed construction on a permanent structure to
house protesters on a nearby vacant lot.
- Results of incident
- The incident is ongoing. The lawsuit initiated by HOME is slated to
be heard in January, 1995.
Source: "The Salt Lake Tribune" -- daily newspaper. Clark Stacey
(Salt Lake City, UT)
record no: s32
