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Brickbat: Dancing Too Close

Charles Oliver | 2.14.2017 4:00 AM

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Organizers of a Valentine's Day dance in Henryetta, Oklahoma, canceled the event after a local resident pointed out the venue is only about 250 feet from a Church of Christ and a city ordinance bans dancing within 500 feet of a church.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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