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Four nudists were cited and detained by police this afternoon in front of San Francisco City Hall at a protest against a citywide nudity ban that went into effect Friday, NBC Bay area reported.
At a noon rally on the Polk Street steps, about 10 nude activists faced off with police while carrying signs, playing guitar and calling for a recall against Supervisor Scott Wiener, who authored the city ordinance that bans public nudity.
The legislation was approved in a 6-5 vote by the Board of Supervisors in December and includes exceptions for children under the age of 5 and for attendees of certain permitted events, such as the Folsom Street Fair and Bay to Breakers.
Just before 12:30 p.m., about a dozen police officers that had been monitoring the event swooped in and took away the four nude protesters, including longtime nude activists Gypsy Taub — naked save for a brown coat — and George Davis, who was only wearing a fanny pack and sandals.
The protesters were taken into the back of a paddy wagon in plastic handcuffs. Police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said this afternoon the four will be released after police determine if any of them have outstanding warrants.
According to the ordinance, violators will be cited and fined $100, with rising penalties for additional offenses.
Protester Trey Allen, also in the buff with "War is obscene not my body" written across his back, welcomed the citations. 
"To end the law we need to be cited by the law," he said.
Public nudity supporter Mitch Hightower called the protest and citations a success in the nudists' fight to show nudity as a form of expression and therefore a constitutional right.
"This is not unexpected," he said about the police action.
Hightower is one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit to block the ban that was rejected Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen.
Hightower said the plaintiffs are convening next week with Christina DiEdoardo, the nudists' lawyer, to discuss options including amending a future lawsuit or filing an appeal with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Before the protesters were detained, Davis announced his candidacy for District 8 supervisor to replace Wiener, a mostly symbolic announcement as the next election will be held in 2014.
"Six supervisors and the mayor took away one of your freedoms," Davis said to supporters and some passersby who stopped to take photos of the nude scene on the City Hall steps.
Davis said he has run in past years for San Francisco political posts, including mayor in 2007, on "body freedom issues."


there are fruits and nuts per square inch in that city than anywhere else......you to visit there...but no more....
I have no problem with nudity, but gee, if you ain't got the body for it... pleeeeezzzzze cover it up.
No, for real, in public places, businesses, and parks, keep your freaking clothes on. No one wants to see your junk or flabby azzes flapping in the wind.
jussayin-
1. It's a shame but the only people that seem to be nudists are the ones you dont want to see nude.
2. I totally saw penis when the lady in the video moved to the side.
3. What the hell is up with that video, a random kid off the street could have put together a better video.
Why does this not surprise me one bit?
Boobs.
Was just in San Francisco a month ago. Definitely not interested in going back. The subway smells of urine thanks to the colossal amounts of homeless people. Who b.t.w. you have to literally step over in the subway and streets to get to the train.
I am surprised that they didn't have an ordnance already for indecent exposure. Most of the rest of the country has one in one form or another. It is generally accepted that if you want to get naked in a private community then that is your business, but walking around naked in public is simply not acceptable anywhere. Why San Francisco is only now coming to that conclusion is beyond me.
It's ok to use nudity and such to sell a product, it's called "advertising" and "artistic expression" -- but it's not ok for anyone to actually BE nude in public.
That is so HYPOCRITICAL.
@Roland Scott;
You complain about all of the homeless people. So, what the hell have YOU done to help make sure that nobody has to be homeless? Or are you only concerned with how much money is in your bank account?
Just as with so many other issues today, thier civil rights are being violated in thier view. The think differntly and act differently and main stream society doesn't agree so they protest. Anyone who can't see this country eroding before thier eyes is blind. At the next gay pride march rather than pink panties with slogans on them they will march with those slogans painted on thier bare azzes.
More from the La La land of Pelosi and Feinstein.
Quacked One,
I can't speak for Roland but I for one am concerned about how much money is in my bank account. If someone else is homeless it is not my responsibility nor is it Roland's. If you want to help someone, go ahead. But no one else is going to take care of my bank account so I'm going to spend my time working on that.
So Christ like of you ctviking.
People without clothing. It's so not about sex. I wasn't aware that SF needed to criminalize nudeness. The sign the man is carrying which states "War is obscene, not nudity" I agree with 100%
When are we going to see this? Politicos distract the less intelligent among us and keep us focused on these non-issues while they promulgate their mischief around the world. I'm fairly certain they laugh at the stupidity of the average american citizen. World citizen for that matter. We 'strain out knats and swallow camels.' Sometimes I weep for our species.
California: home of fruits, nuts, & flakes...
If you want to be nude, go to places where it is accepted and sequestered away frompublic view.
Do you want your children being amongst naked adults in their schools? Didn't think so!
I live in California. I love this state. But be warned! You will NOT like it here. Don't even come for a visit! Stay away. There are naked people everywhere. Homosexuals actually hold hands in public for gods sake. There are actually undocumented MEXICANS. They will kill you and then force you to take drugs. You will catch a disease most likely. You will probably catch gayness or tolerance. Disneyland is not all that cool. Stay away. If you already have tickets, sell them back to the airlines. California is dangerous to your mind. You might become open-minded. You might become Liberal! You might start caring for people other than yourselves. You may volunteer at a homeless shelter. You may eat and enjoy granola! Run away. Come no closer than Nevada. And THEY even voted for Obama. You might want to stop at Kansas. It's just like Iran. There are no gays there.
Yes, my friends. It's already too late for me. Nancy Pelosi runs the entire state. As a citizen of this state, we have to take our clothes off twice a day at least. That chick is crazy! Forced nudity in my own home.
Don't get me started on guns. I had to give up my RPG and my Abraham's tank. At least I got to keep my deer rifles, shotguns, and handguns. Socialism sucks at the state level.
Apparently Scott Wiener is tired of seeing........well, you know :)
Good! their banning ugly naked people off the streets of San Francisco...
Who wants to see nasty? Now if it were Beyonce and Pitt running around naked, well it still would be wrong... Get a room or join a private club... Seriously...
Supervisor Scott Wiener + nudity ban. Too funny, ya just can't make this shlt up!
BigJeff, thanks for the warning about California. Oh, and by the way, they're called illegal immigrants. And it's Abrams tank, not Abrahams tank. Abraham is a biblical figure, perhaps you've heard of him. Naaah, you're from Caleeeeefornya....as your great ex-governator used to say. Socialism sucks at any level. Ask the populace of Greece. It was, however, an inspired effort at sarcasm. I DID live in California, and yes, you people are F***ing nuts. Still importing energy from out of state, I see. One of you, just one, should take an economics class at your local community college, so you might possibly understand the long term threat you pose to yourselves from your fiscal and social policies. It is frightening, since King Barry will make ME pay for it. Ah, more socialism. Why work and act responsibly when you can make me do it for you.
After hearing Nancy Pigolsi was going to join the protest, the authorities quickly shut it down......Obamacare is ugly enough...
SalMonella: Cool name and avatar.
Really? And your eyes didn't melt out of your skull? I guess this law is totally unnecessary and fascist isn't it?
America needs to end its fixation on "victimless crimes". Why in this supposed "Free nation" do we have tyrannical city states dictating how people live? Why do we have to be forced to wear clothes? Why are our actions determined to be acceptable by the state? Why can't we be free?
How did segregation work out for America in the 1950? Why dust off that old form of evil for our modern society? How did apartheid work out?
Polka, you are as ridiculous as they are...In a civilized Country this is not accepted. There is a health issue, and a moral issue. There are children to be considered.. The beauty of the body has nothing to do with this. Good common sense would help you people. There have been laws on the books for tons of years.. Indecent exposure. Try looking these laws up. We don't want your nudity in our face, also can you imagine the crotch hairs floating around? When they began going into restaurants I gagged.
LOCK them UP. Stupid people do stupid things.
If anyone should be locked up, it is the authoritarian Nazis that invents these evil laws. I care not for a civilized country...I care for a free one which is what America always calls itself...a free nation right??? So is the state our parents now and can tell us how to live??? Which is it? Are we free or are we not free? Morals? We don't need your "morals"...in fact we should have a separation between morality and state. By the way, children can stay at home if they don't like it...who do they think they are...they think they own this country. I don't care what you think. I don't need your approval. I don't need your self-righteousness in MY FACE!!!!
Ok Polka,
Do you support my freedom to not have to pay for everyone else's healthcare and retirement? Or other people's welfare and unemployment? Because if everyone agrees to give me the freedom to have to be included in that pyramid scheme, naked fat chicks can walk past me all day. Deal?
If you want to walk around naked, i could care less. It's not like we haven't seen naked bodies before. Wierd yes....Illegal it should not be!
Wow...Polka's a bit unstable...lol.
Sure. Freedom for all is the best solution.
For liking freedom?
Mr. Binkie
Limited thinking fer shure...
Do you really want to open the door for nudity across America. If so, ten be prepared for all the sagging boobs, penises, and crusty cracks to look at.
Not for me, because no way in hell would I want to sit in another seat that some nasty azz nudist has sat in.
GRRRRRROOOOOOOOSSSSSS
I do not even know how this is an issue. Seriously. To all of you freaks out there, I'm speaking to you as a dad (but only 6'3", 238lbs so no worries, right?): you strip down and expose your genitalia to my six year old daughter to see, I will stomp you like the closet pedophile you are, exposing yourself to a child. Yeah, your crank's going to be stomped through your azz. By the time I'm done with you, you'll be out of the hospital in about 2-3 months. I'm ok paying the $150 fine. No different if you were a woman exposing yourself to my son. How is this NOT (!!!!!!) frigging illegal?!?!!?!?!?
My point is this: don't you freaks understand this from a PARENTS point of view? Persoanlly, I love being nude... but if you wish to 'hang out' in the nude, better make damned sure you're not doing it in front of my little kids. Join a nudist movement, get some private land. That makes you a nudist. Flash my kids in public... sheet, I might even shoot your arse dead for being a pervert.
So, that begs the question, what is WRONG with the fathers and mothers, the parents of San Francisco, that they would have ever allowed this???
Should be easy to arrest all the naked statues cuz they can't run away
Put your damn clothes on
Shut your damn eyes if you don't want to see anything "offensive".
I'd be bumping in to things all day!!
Don't look up here... the joke's in your hand...
Then, Kathleen,
You are truly blind.
Forget the protesters! Anyone who owns a hand gun after we finally ban them one day very soon should be forced to march naked. It will serve them right.
"davey-526212 Forget the protesters! Anyone who owns a hand gun after we finally ban them one day very soon should be forced to march naked. It will serve them right"
Have you been drinking tonight?? How the heck did you get onto gun control from this article?? And btw I would invite you to try and take my pistol(s) from me. I would beat the living f#ck out of you for trying....I might even do it naked just to humiliate you even more. Now crawl back into your bottle, try to stay on topic....and leave my guns alone.
@ Davey..... now wait a minute...... I thought you liberals were just wanting gun regulations..... not a total ban ? Thats what the liberals keep screaming...right ? "No one wants to take your guns away ! Blah blah blah....". I have to agree with areyoujoking......crawl back into your bottle......you sissy !
No, I have not been drinking! I AM LIVING IN FEAR OF MY LIFE!!!
Nice Liberal Dream. Please do not ever wake up
LOL..... fear of what ? I would be in fear of sitting in a chair with someone's ball jam on it !
Davey best place to hide is in Mexico
well thats the bare facts folks, california is like box of chocolates , you never know what your gonna get.
this is the state, pelosi, and finestine are from , explains a lot!!!
So's Mitt Romney. Mitt's like a box of chocolates too.
In the year 2011, in the U.S.A., 728 people were MURDERED by being kicked, punched and pushed. 496 people were MURDERED by being hit with a "blunt object" (clubs, hammers, etc). 1,694 people were MURDERED by being cut/stabbed with a knife or other "cutting instrument". 853 people were MURDERED with "other weapons or weapons not stated".
That is 3,771 people MURDERED in the U.S.A. with NON-firearms -- and that isn't even the complete list of all NON-firearm murders in the U.S.A. for the year 2011.
323 people were MURDERED by being shot with an "assault rifle" and.
Hey, maybe we should ban hands and feet, hammers, clubs, etc, and knives and "other weapons or weapons not stated", instead of those evil, scary "assault rifles".
Why did you bring gun control into this? There are enough @!$%#ing articles about it. We don't need another gun control freak like you spewing their stupid agenda into completely unrelated reports.
P.S. Kiss my ass, you will NEVER repeal the 2nd amendment, take away my Glock, or restrict my freedoms any more than they already have been.
leroy brown
So's Mitt Romney. Mitt's like a box of chocolates too
Mitt just a softer side of Obama, politicians all the same, ready to sell Americans down the tubes...
Talk about Naked truth ... why is our military now in Syria???? Is this why they are protesting ...? against Obama's wars?
davey-526212 : Obviously, you don't have s h i t for brains... my bad... yes, you do... go to hell...
I bet the police have guns, they will round the naked itiots up.
You just want to see me naked Davey.
I just want to see you not have a hand gun, that's all.
Face it davey. You are a closet case and you just want to see naked men. Why don't you just use your computer for that and leave my firearms alone.
BTW, please explain how you are in fear for your life by me owning a gun to protect my family. Are you a burglar and break into peoples homes and do not want to get shot in the process?
@davey-526212;
If you're "living in fear of your life", as you claim, it must be that you've pissed off a lot of the wrong people in the world.
Well, Davey, it's difficult to concel a hand gun, if you're naked.
No, liberals don't want to take away your guns. Davy doesn't speak for all of us.
Exactly, BigJeff! Only the BIG ONES that hold lots and lots of bullets.
I think davey likes naked men.
I like men who do not have hand guns. I don't care what they're wearing, as long as they are stripped of their hand guns.
Mind if the men keep their rifles ? LOL !
Im glad I have handgun's, and rifles....I dont want davey to like me........uhhhhh huh huh huh.
Jim, Davey just wants to wrassle naked with you, without fearing that you will shoot him with your guns hun.
This is my rifle, this is my gun, this one's for shooting, this one's for fun.
Davey does want guns
^ Of course Davey wants guns, you can see the stretch marks around his mouth.
Davey, after reading your senseless posts, it's obvious that Ron White is correct: "You can't fix stupid". We're all so very sorry for you ..... nakedness can be cured, but stupid is forever!!!!
This is what happens to a society when you eliminate religion and morals. Enjoy white america enjoy
religion is what what made nudity bad...and for what?...and for why?
Religion failed when we started wars, not when people wanted to walk around naked.
smarty1 "Enjoy White America Enjoy." What the heck does that mean?
oh, Smarty has been having visions and God has been talking to him again, telling him to be sure and carve a cross on the stock of his rifles for added protection
You got that backward, Smarty1- this is what happens to a society when you INTRODUCE religion and morals, or at least those of a few....
You wouldn't catch me naked in public anywhere, but I have to say- we live in a sad society when any @!$%# can own a gun and we can go to war so easily, but at the same time can't be naked.
I live in the SF Bay Area and wouldn't trade it for anything. While I do think they should keep their clothes on, the fact that they can protest this, even though I think their nuts. I came from the uptight Midwest area of Michigan and they there would be apoplectic if this would happen there. The significant difference between red and blue states and conservative and liberal areas is the level of tolerance of differences. I would never move back to the area of fat dumb white people and they would never want to be here so it's all good.
See, you moved to an area where you are happy. And you left all those uptight Mid-westerners alone.
Now if we could just get you all to move to an area where you'd all be happy, say like Europe or Japan, or anywhere they have nudity, socialism, legal drugs, and gun control, I'd be happy. ;-)
I am pretty sure the Midwest area of Michigan is almost purely Muslim with foreign born Middle Easterners. The old fat white folks moved away.
William-360414 "I would never move back to the area of fat dumb white people"
Wow, who's the intolerant one here? Stereotype people much?? I'm a very tolerant conservative midwest MI. resident who is neither dumb or fat. I am white however ..and I am calling you a hypocrite.
Dear William, I second that. In spite of having people, considered a bit loonie, out-there, odd, eccentric, strange or too progressive...Bay Area people are the most tolerant peaceful people you will find. I have lived near SF and Berkeley and wanted to return there often. I have also lived in the Midwest and the South and felt I was surrounded by people who were so sexist and racist that it felt like moving to 1850 USA. In these pretentious hypocritical racist sexist violent places there are also a lot of people raping, torturing, hurting and humiliating women and women of color everyday with their language, words, behaviors, actions, comments, looks and attitudes. If you are a sensitive person you can feel it and see it...if you are not then you remain clueless. The protestor's sign was right, "Nudity is not immoral or a sin...violence is!" War is, guns are and a permissive attitude to violence and oppression is!
If you don't like nudity then don't be nude and don't look at nudity. But why treat them like criminals? America has got its values so screwed up that people who molest children get to be priests, and people who love nature and their natural bodies go to prison. People who love guns are treated as great citizens but people who love and respect their reproductive rights or their bodies are treated like criminals. Something is really wrong with the value system or the neurology here. Everything has gone topsy turvy.
But one has to be evolved to see that and understand! Dumb fat or thin gringos (your words, not mine) are not going to see that for another 10,000 years...and the human race might not be around for that long.
...well said... you just stay right there in SF and enjoy it....just STAY there... and away from the rest of us ...DICK.
Idiots like these, don't have any respect for other people. It's all about them and what they want.
And what respect do you think you deserve? They aren't harming anyone. They aren't robbing anyone. They aren't doing anything but existing. But, since you think that people have the right to not be offended, then please refrain from any and all comments where you think that humans are inherently evil and disrespectful. Either that or go to Saudi Arabia or Iran where everyone is forced to cover up and live the delusional life that the human body that we are born in is somehow obscene, evil or otherwise worthy of being degraded. Seek counseling as to why you are so ashamed of yourself, it can only help you.
Oh, and I would love to see the day where government declares that you must be naked, weather permitting. Obviously, you shameful loony think government has the right to decree what you can and cannot wear. As I've said before, once you've given the government the right to make such decisions, you'd better not complain when they make a decision that you don't agree with. It would make you are real hypocrite. But, that is a badge you'd probably proudly wear, as long as it covers whatever it is that you think people don't think you have.
@ Witchrunner..... society has the right NOT to be forced to be exposed to someone hanging their junk out in public for all to see.....including small children. That is the kind of respect that everyone deserves ! You want to walk around butt naked ? GREAT ! Do it at a controlled environment/establishment for that kind of activity. Common sense seems to be fading from human DNA.....geeeshh !
@ witch ... you say they are not harming anyone? Most of these nudist are fat and ugly, most people would rather take a pencil to the eyes then have to see them flapping in the wind.. It's the same reason we dont allow graffitti, noone wants to see it.
Then again i guess they are the only ones that can get away with it. If they were good looking ladies then they would have men following them everywhere they went.
Idiots like these, don't have any respect for other people. It's all about them and what they want.
Okay - let's dissect this.
Idiots? Who says? Because they are nude they are stupid? Okay...but, they save money on clothes...
They don't have respect for other people? But - you just called them idiots - hello pot, this is kettle!
Something not cited - courage. No doubt that it takes courage to be nude in public - I wouldn't do it unless there was a big group.
Have to understand that these folks are just nude - they are not out there putting it in your face and such - they are the same as you without clothes. If you look - it is YOUR choice - if you are offended - again - it is YOUR choice.
But - I am now day 3 without cigarettes, so I MAY be crazy (vaping is awesome!)
Hey Arizona... think witchrunner would be hangin around a town where you can carry a gun (firearm) out in the open were legal (not SF) or would 'it' be offended??? GEE, let me think.
Me thinks Jim spends far too much time thinking about guns and dicks
arizona & honorable1: I feel very sorry for you. To think that you feel such shame at living in a human body and are forced to expend all that effort for the rest of your lives to keep it in whatever you view to be the perfect shape. What "junk" are you referring to? Your nose? Your elbows? Your toes? Perhaps your face? So, if I ask you to cover your face because I don't want to see it, then you will cover it up?
After all, if you have the freedom to wear or not wear what you want, why shouldn't I have the same freedom? Other than your having been trained by your parents, church or whatever, to view certain parts of the body differently than other parts, what is the difference between all the parts? What you fail to recognize is that if nudity were allowed, then everyone would get used to it. If you've actually paid attention to people as they are growing up you'd understand that not wearing clothes is the natural order of things. All children naturally like to run around without their clothes on (weather permitting). The only reason they wear clothes is because parents like you badger them to cover up. The damage to children comes, not from naked people, but from the illogical reaction that the parents have to naked people.
I have no clue if you think you are "fat" as you point out, but if you are, do you really think you're fooling anyone by wearing clothes? Do you think that people don't know that you have a penis, breasts, or whatever just because you cover them up?
Oh, and graffiti is definitely different. If someone wants to write graffiti all over their own property, they are free to do so. But, that's not what happens. Graffiti is considered a crime because the "artists" are defacing someone else' property. It has nothing to do with whether people think it looks pretty or not.
But, you guys are free to continue to feel shame. But, don't complain when government wants to restrict your rights when they decide to tell you you can't do something that you want to do, even if it isn't hurting anyone else. You've already consented to the government running your lives.
This is what happens when liberal gets out of control. I can't believe it's taken the city so long to address this problem. SF is a beautiful city that is slowly corroding. Nudist, people peeing on the streets. You aren't making the city more attractive with your loose laws.
San Francisco is not corroding. It is, in fact, much better shape than it was when I moved to it 25 years ago. Entire sections of the town have been renovated, entire ugly freeways have been demolished and replaced. Entire neighborhoods have sprung up. The homeless used to take over all of civic center and/or golden gate park. That has all changed. The city is a bit cleaner too. You don't know what you're talking about.
Well when I visited last summer that wasn't the case. It seemed like every corner there were people pan handling. It was just ridiculous.
I've been to SF quite a few times and never once have I experienced someone walking around naked. I've actually seen more nudity on the streets here in NYC than I have in SF.
haha look ma gun controll , whats in that crock pot a yank said to an old southern boy , he said thered bauld peanuts , the yank says bauld peanuts , the old southern boy say yea bauld peanut try some , the yanks say naw i dont no about that , so he looked in the crock pot, he says oh there boiled peanuts old southern boy say , thats what i said , bauld peanuts
Honestly..... the human race never ceases to amaze me. The level of ignorance is overwhelming ! I guess one can say the human body is a work of art and "lovely". Ok....I can see that, but do you really feel as though your level of happiness is being limited by not being awarded the "right" to show your junk off in public ? What does that say about a person who is totally fine with walking around and having his pecker or her tits flopping around so even small children to see ? Im beginning to believe that some people just truly enjoy being in the lime light.....and will do whatever it takes to be there. Bravo....enjoy your 15 minutes of fame....morons !
An Arizonan being judgemental of others; who'd have thought?
Jeez I just do not understand why anyone would object to these weirdo's cavorting naked in public. hey anyone want to look at my genitalia? Come on give a look over. No where but California.
Looking at the two different pictures in the article tells me why they were arrested. They scared the police. Now had it been 10 super models walking around naked, I'm sure the protest would have lasted for hours. Or, do naked people need to be frisked before being put into the car?
Just imagine how many venereal disease "fluids" would be spread all over town on public benches, buses, restaurant seats.....seriously ! Use your brains people.......
Careful Arizona. Paranoia may destroy ya!
maybe they can wear diapers to sit down?
They're all probably illegals, right Arizona?
Put it on, put it ON!
Ban Diane Swieinstein, not libtards in birthday suits (easier to i.d. them..for the funny farm)
Liberalism has reached the tipping point, and even San Francisco has said that enough is enough.
It's called society. We all have to get along and live together. These narcissistic pigs think that the only thing that matters, is their happiness. Nudist colonies aren't enough for these pigs, they want to rub it in your face.
Are you sure you wouldn't enjoy that? My god man, give it a rest!
You righties were all down there ogling the naked liberals, weren't you? Admit it!
...walk among them leroy...if you like it so much.
You just want to see me naked Jim, which IS quite understandable as I'm well worth ogling!
Leroy my boy LOL
San Fran is a fantastic city - if I could afford to live there - I would be there.
Sure - it's a little strange - but the city embraces (embraced?) freedom like few others. Live and let live.
Not a big fan of the public nudity thing - but - a person can always LOOK AWAY. To me, it's more important that the people have the right to BE nude - there really isn't anything wrong with nudity anyway. Again - don't want to see it - don't look.
And - for the people that are saying that the people want to rub it in your face - obviously - you have never lived there. I was fortunate to live fairly close and be able to visit San Fran. No - the nudists have never been about putting it in your face - they are just like you and I - but without clothes. What, exactly, is offensive about the human body (okay...a hairy butt...) - other than a hairy butt? <laughing>. VERY fat people wear skimpy bathing suits - not illegal. Pleasant? Not so much....
It's really not a big deal folks. I like to see people have ALL sorts of freedom as long as they are not hurting others - this doesn't hurt anyone. The human body is natural - only societal "norms" tell you that nudity is wrong.
It's freedom - it isn't "hey, check out my junk"....
Sorry, but I don't need my nine year old daughter exposed to an adult male's junk. Looking away is not the answer. That's like saying, if you don't want to be exposed to second hand smoke, don't breath. It does adversely affect others, which is why it cannot fall under the first ammendment.
There is a big difference between nudity and sex/porn. I would never let my eight year old look at porn or where the sexual organs are aroused. However I never had a problem with my child looking at tastefull artistic nudity such as on oil painings. If my child would see a nudist she would most likely laugh as would I. Male junk is harmeless as long as its not in a sexual context. The naked human body is nothing more then a naked human body to a child unless the parents make a big deal out of it.
Open carry of a friendly weapon?
"the nudists' fight to show nudity as a form of expression and therefore a constitutional right" eh?
Well then, I should be allowed to kick the s**t out of them as MY form of expression and MY constitutional right!
Truman D
"the nudists' fight to show nudity as a form of expression and therefore a constitutional right" eh?
Well then, I should be allowed to kick the s**t out of them as MY form of expression and MY constitutional right!
You may get more than you bargained for with a naked person. VERY MESSY SITUATION if you think about it.
Does any of this do justice to the bare facts?
har har har....