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California smacks nude beach buffs
After having been left alone for a while, California isn't tolerating nudity any more. The state's Department of Parks and Recreation is putting out the word that it will crack down on bare crack this year at San Onofre State Beach. So, if you like to sun in the buff or skinny-dip in the sea, you could be out of luck. Nudists call it a "tremendous setback."
The nudist community worries that the California decision could trigger a chain reaction across the country. Bob Morton, executive director of the Naturist Action Committee, says, "There are other states in which there are sanctioned nude beaches. They're all looking to see what California is doing."
There's a secluded stretch of San Onofre State Beach, 1,000 feet long, that's been popular for sunning sans threads for more than three decades, and it has such a reputation that visitors from out of state seek it out. Cliffs stretching 300 feet into the sky block the views of would-be gawkers, making it comfortably private. And, there's a certain justice in the fact that it was a decision by President Richard Nixon that opened the beach to the public.
Filed under: Activism, Arts and Culture, North America, United States
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brian Taylor - British Naturism Nov 22nd 2009 2:18PM
This really is a step back-wards for civilisation from one of the most prudish nations in the world. Ok, you might not like being called prudish, but there is no other word for it. What is so wrong with the human body that we have to hide it away? We all have them and they come in all shapes and sizes, just like nudists. We may all wish we could have bodies like the models used in the media, but we don't and naturism teaches us that and so builds confidence.
The problem is that too many people fail to disconnect nudity from sex - nudity does not equal sex, it equals freedom. If you want a connection between nudity & sex, let me explain one: Nations where nudity is accepted as a natural part of life have much lower rates of teenage pregnancy, abortions and STI's.
Those who are seeking to ban nudity on San Onofre State Beach should be made to stand in front of ten pregnant (US) teenagers and a tell them that in Denmark nine of them wouldn't be there. That's the strongest connection between nudity and sex there is.