San Francisco nudists rally for right to bare it all

Reuters ^ | Nov 14 | Ronnie Cohen

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two dozen pro-nudity activists wearing little but their righteous indignation assembled on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday to protest a proposed municipal ban on public nakedness.

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"Nudophobic bigotry has now taken root here in San Francisco," Rusty Mills, 69, stripped down to his tanned birthday suit, told his fellow demonstrators as they stood in the sunshine of an unseasonably warm, 70-degree Fahrenheit (21-degree Celsius) fall day.

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On the way back to City Hall, elementary school children playing on a schoolyard gawked and pointed at the naked demonstrators.

Supervisor Scott Wiener introduced the proposal to curb undressing after residents complained about a daily gathering of naked men in Jane Warner Plaza, a square in the Castro District. He called the lawsuit a baseless "publicity stunt."

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"A lot of people who live in the neighborhood are just sick of the fact that seven days a week there are men taking their pants off and displaying their genitals on our sidewalks and plaza," he added.

Under the proposed law, which critics dubbed the "Wiener bill," nudity would still be allowed at permitted parades, fairs and festivals, as well as on designated nude beaches.

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SAN FRANCISCO = Hotel California

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God owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.

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Please, no photos. Sitting in my car one day in the Castro district, I had the dubious distinction of witnessing one of these fine citizens strolling along the sidewalk.

To my shrink’s everlasting delight, I still have flashbacks.

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“Nudophobic bigotry has now taken root here in San Francisco,” Rusty Mills, 69, stripped down to his tanned birthday suit, told his fellow demonstrators

Certifiable lunatic.

Unfortunately, setting public policy on the basis of utter and irremediable lunacy has become a major factor in public life - as the election of a foreign-born Marxist to the presidency demonstrates perfectly well.