Judge Bans New York Bare Buttocks Billboards

A New York judge has temporarily banned bare buttocks billboards that a bidet company had planned to put up in Broadway's theater district on a building that houses a church.

State Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman ordered the temporary restraining order against raising the billboards at the request of pastor of the interdenominational Times Square Church.

The billboard ads, featuring naked buttocks with smiley faces, were to promote the Washlet, a bidet-toilet seat that uses warm water and air. They were to go up for 30 days beginning July 1 on two sides of the building at 51st Street and Broadway that houses the Times Square Church, which claims 8,000 members, and its Bible school and day care center.

The judge ordered pastor and the church to post a $90,000 bond pending a decision on the issues. She said the bond would go to the defendants for damages and costs � including lost revenues � if the court determines the church was not entitled to an injunction.

Rhodes asked the court to block the billboards claiming they would interfere with the church's religious mission.

The ad billboards:

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