ACLU seeks to revive teen nudist camp lawsuit

AP ^ | 16-Mar-05

[Jay777]

RICHMOND, Va. The American Civil Liberties Union urged a federal appeals court today to reinstate a lawsuit challenging a state law that scuttled plans for a nudist camp for children last summer.

U-S District Judge Richard Williams ruled the lawsuit was moot because organizers of the nudist camp withdrew their permit application after the law took effect.

But A-C-L-U attorney Rebecca Glenberg argued today that organizers still want to conduct the nudist camp for teens at White Tail Park this year and in future years. She said the new law makes that difficult.

The law requires parental supervision at nudist camps for juveniles. Glenberg says only eleven of the 35 children who planned to attend last year's camp would have been able to bring a parent or guardian.

[stratous]

Although I visited the local clubs or private parks which is what they are I have never visited a teens only club or resort. Almost every park I visited were family orientated. Some will not let single males join. You can visit almost any Nudist camp or club in the USA by joining the ASA which stands for The American Sunbathing Association, and can visit a few times before joining. My impression of the camp in question, is it would be set up as summer camp for teens. For example I wanted to send my nephew and niece to the John Birch Society's summer camp but could never arrange it. The best thing about the camps is the people there are the nicest you could ever meet. You are literally joining a family when you join a club. A larger club will have year round events even up here in the northwest. The hardest thing is getting up the courage for the first visit after that it's just plain fun. Every one goes, fat, old, young, skinny, and yes beautiful people. I look at it as some people go hunting some never will, some golf or rock climb and some never will.

[stratous]

I loath or despise most everything the ACLU does but in this case I have to come down on their side. This was a private party trying to set up a private camp for teens in the summer. I just wish they would stand up for the really important things in life like our gun rights and property rights. I guess if you think about it this would fall into the property rights category, sort of.

As far as being mainstream most people in America don't own a gun by a margin of two to one, so I guess I'm a little not mainstream on that one to. Most people vote Democrat because they want or like big government, or Republican because they want not quite so big government, only the Libertarians vote for smaller less intrusive government, I guess I'm not mainstream on that on too.

A nudist camp high lighted in the news about six months or a year ago had never had an incidence of rape or molestation in the last thirty years yet most people would never send their kids to a teen nudist summer camp, but think nothing of letting them go to a Catholic church and be molested by the perverts lurking there. Like ironic ay.

[jackbob]

Off the top, I give the ACLU a 75%, on the cases that I have seen that they have taken. My appreciation of them is much lower because of the type of cases they have not taken. But I have never been a close observer of them, and admit I could be wrong in either direction.

As far as this case goes, it fits in with my 75% approval rating. Government has no business telling the people what kinds of life styles they must live. I see nothing wrong with legalized nudist camps for kids.