Petition Drive Against Kan. Sculpture Continues
Associated Press - Mon 11:33 AM 07/30/2012
The petition has about 3,500 signatures
Organizers say they're close to reaching the required number of signatures for a petition drive aimed at removing a sculpture of a partially clad woman from a suburban Kansas City park.
Phillip Cosby, Missouri and Kansas director of the American Family Association, says the sculpture at the Overland Park
Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is obscene and should be removed.
Cosby is seeking 4,500 signatures required to empanel a grand jury, which would then investigate a charge of promoting obscenity to a minor.
He said Monday he has about 3,500 signatures and hopes to have the rest by Aug. 7. He expects to file the petition Sept. 1 with the Johnson County court, which would call the 15-member grand jury.
The sculpture was donated to garden by a group of Chinese artists.
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Iamgonnagetu
Monday 30 July 2012 12:09 Report this comment
Its time for someone to escort Crosby out of the state of Kansas. If they do not then start making him personally pay for costs on both sides of the issues he raises.
passing_by
Monday 30 July 2012 12:19 Report this comment
We does Kansas have so many loons? Cosby, sit down and shut up! Really, you are not only embarrassing yourself, but the entire state of Kansas. It is bad enough we have the Fred Phelps scum...
GetAGrip
Monday 30 July 2012 19:18 Report this comment
getemgranny....what say you on this subject? I am lost for words!
RitchieStans
Monday 30 July 2012 21:19 Report this comment
What child hasn't seen their parents breastfeeding their siblings or taken a shower with their parents. If its that big of a deal put a sign up saying parental discretion.