No Charity Event For Motorcycle Club Members

A few weeks back I received an email from a girl Kim about a Charity Motorcycle event she was working on for Bide A Wee an Animal shelter I worked at when I was younger. As I read the info I was looking forward to attending the event only to find it was being held at Jugs & Strokers the only “Biker Bar” on Long Island that does not allow Motorcycle Club Colors. I was pissed to find out I would not be welcome at this event. I then saw the email had been sent out to many other Motorcycle Clubs on Long Island. Pissed Off I started writing a reply to the email & sent it out to the MC’s here on Long Island. Here is what I wrote.

Hey everyone this is LJ James.

You may not know this but I worked at Bide A Wee in Wantagh for many years. I have some great memories of my time working there. As much as I love the place & think Bide A Wee to be a truly great organization I will not take off my Colors to go inside Jugs & Strokers to attend this event.

I see this email is addressed to many different Clubs. Some of your beliefs may be different then mine & you may take your Colors off to attend this event. I would hope all of you have more respect for your Club then to do that but these are my beliefs & may not be yours.

I think it only fair to Kim who is working very hard for this very worthy cause that she know what your feelings are about the Jugs & Strokers policy in regards to Colors. Kim has spent a lot of time working on this event & I would hate to see her event fail because she is unaware of the Revulsion Jugs & Strokers has towards Motorcycle Clubs

Not only is it an old out dated Policy that promotes the Division of Motorcycle Riders it also illegal according to NY State Law I have been working hard to protect & promote Motorcycle Rights & Unity here in NY & world wide. I think it time We started working hard to change what is wrong here on Long Island There is an old saying “if you want to fix the world start in your own back yard”.

This is an event that when I heard about it I wanted to attend. Then I hear it being held at Jugs & now I am “not allowed to attend”.

I am not a bad guy You all out there know me. How many of your events have I covered in Magazines? How many of you have I DJed for? Not only your Club events but many of your personal family events I’ve even preformed wedding ceremonies for a few of you & after I married you I Djed your wedding

You too are also all good people. Your MCs have done many things to make Long Island a better place. You have fed the Hungry Clothed the poor & made sure every Child on Long Island had a Toy for the Holidays. Our patches stand for what is great about America Why should we be made to feel that wearing our Colors is even the slightest bit wrong?

If you ask Jugs & Strokers they might try to use the excuse “well its not your group its other groups who are the bad guys”. That is cop out a lie & an attempt to divide the Long Island Motorcycle Club world

Over the past few years here on Long Island we have seen a Unity in the Motorcycle Club World that many still can not believe. Sport Bike Clubs & Cruiser Clubs riding & hanging together. AMA Clubs & 1% Clubs attend each others events. Law Enforcement Clubs & Outlaw Clubs Breaking Bread & Drinking together at events. I have seen every type of rider hanging out together. This is the Biker dream people

There was a time when we were all told that you could not have a bar on Long Island where all MCs where aloud to mingle together. That there would be nothing but fights & problems. Then JDs Place opened & shortly after that the Myth was put to rest.

The Motorcycle World here on Long Island has become something We are all very proud of. I call out to all of you MCs independents & MROs like ABATE it time to end the humiliating practice that Jugs & Strokers has been aloud to inflict upon the Long Island Motorcycle World for far too long

I am tired of this bar being allowed to claim it biker bar for bikers but if your a member of a Motorcycle Club & wear your Colors you are some how an undesirable & unwelcome. I say time is up Jugs & Stokers You have made enough money off the Long Island Motorcycle world You need to stop being part of the Problem & become part of the Solution

I’m interested to know what the feelings are of the rest of you

Because of this reply Shortly after I wrote this the event was switched to another Long Island Biker Bar “Sick Moon Saloon” That welcomes all who Ride

LJ James Proud Member Mortal Skulls MC AmericanBikerX.com

Discrimination On The Basis Of Clothing Or Club Membership Is ILLEGAL Article I Section 11 of the New York State Constitution states “that no person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of this state or any subdivision thereof.” Article 4 Section 40 of the Civil Rights Law provides that “all persons within the jurisdiction of this state shall be entitled to the full & equal accommodations advantages facilities & privileges of any places of public accommodations resort or amusement subject only to the conditions & limitations established by law & applicable alike to all persons.” The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that individuals have the constitutional right under the First Amendment to wear clothing which displays writing or designs. Cohen v. California 403 US 15 1971 . In addition the right of an individual to freedom of association has long been recognized & protected by the United States Supreme Court. Thus a person’s right to wear the clothing of his choice as well as his right to belong to any club or organization his choice is constitutionally protected & persons or establishments who discriminate on the basis of clothing or club membership are subject to a lawsuit.

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