GoTopless rally slated for downtown San Antonio

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SAN ANTONIO - A topless rally scheduled for Sunday in downtown is the first of its kind in The Alamo City.

GoTopless, a Las Vegas-based organization advocating for "women's right to go topless in public," is hosting the event, which is scheduled to take off at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Navarro and St. Mary's. The group is hosting more than 50 similar rallies around the world on Sunday, including on 6th and Congress in Austin, according to its website.

A San Antonio ordinance that forbids exposure of "female breast(s)" may cause a problem for demonstrators.

Javier Salazar, a spokesman with the San Antonio Police Department, said the police's "actions are not pre-determined in advance of the rally. If a violation of the law is brought to our attention, we will determine the most appropriate course of action at that time on an individual basis."

A Facebook post announcing the two Texas events compares open carry of long rifles, which is legal in Texas, to a bare-chested woman with a censor bar over her breasts with the text "Illegal."

"If breasts are more dangerous to children than weapons, then something is truly wrong with our society!" the image (seen above) reads.

The event, which is held on the Sunday closest to Women's Equality Day, has been held in Austin during the past five years and has attracted between 50 and 70 demonstrators each time, a local organizer told the San Antonio Current.

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