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Dwarf Sues to Overturn Dwarf-Tossing Ban=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09 November 29, 2001 10:51 AM ET =09=09=09=09 TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A radio broadcaster known as "Dave the Dwarf" has s= ued to overturn Florida's ban on "dwarf tossing," saying he should be allow= ed to decide for himself whether to participate in the barroom contests. "= Dwarf tossing" is a contest in which dwarfs don harnesses and allow bar pat= rons to hurl them through the air onto mattresses. Florida banned it in 19= 89 amid intense lobbying from the advocacy group Little People of America, = which said the contests were demeaning and encouraged people to treat dwarf= s as objects. Bars that allow the contests can be stripped of their liquor = licenses. David Flood, a dwarf who is 38 inches (96.5 cm) tall, filed suit= on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Tampa, challenging the ban as uncon= stitutional. He said it illegally singles out people with dwarfism. "As so= on as you have a physical handicap ... all of the sudden they treat you lik= e you don't have a mind of your own," Flood told the Tampa Tribune. "Just b= ecause I'm 3-foot-2 doesn't mean I can't make decisions." Flood, 37, works= as "Dave the Dwarf" on the morning radio show on Tampa station WFLZ. =09= =09=09=09 <Embedded Picture (Metafile)<
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