Posted on 07/14/2006 6:14:41 AM PDT by presidio9
Call this tale "Nudie and the Beast." Former bodybuilder Mark DelCore, of Queens, is suing Fire Island officials for the right to have his dog escort him to the beach while he sunbathes nude - which he claims is the only medicine against a mysterious skin disease he contracted after 9/11.
The 1998 Gay Games competitor said doctor's orders make it necessary for him to go au natural at the beach - and on top of that, he needs his spunky rat terrier, Cheekies, by his side because the dog provides "emotional support and comfort."
A cloud of dust engulfed DelCore, who is now on disability, as he walked out of a lower Manhattan gym after the Twin Towers collapsed, and he says he developed a rash over his entire body a few weeks later.
"It looks like measles all over me," DelCore said yesterday about the inexplicable skin condition.
"I require exposure to the sun all over my body," the Forest Hills, Queens, man declared in the suit, filed this week in federal court in Central Islip, L.I.
DelCore, 39, is seeking a change to the Fire Island National Park rules against having pooches other than guide dogs on the beach - particularly in the area where he likes to watch piping plovers, an endangered flock of birds that inhabit the island.
While Fire Island officials say no one has ever complained about DelCore's birthday-suit bird-watching on the clothing-optional stretch of sand, the ex-banker wants to make sure the changes are made and that they stick.
A doctor provided DelCore - who is currently embroiled in a disability dispute with his former bank - with a note identifying Cheekies as a "service dog" that should be permitted the same rights as a guide dog for the blind.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I didn't see any mention of an SUV or global warming, either.
It is for that juxtoposition that I posted it. I was very concerned that an absent-minded mod would take one look at the title and reflexively move it to chat.
Yes, it's quite a "mysterious" disease indeed.
So that's what you call two naked gay gays getting it on on the beach at Fire Island!!
Not the issue....these are nude beaches and many towns of FI are strictly a homo nudefest.
A friend who use to empty pay phones for the phone company there, says they copulate openly and anywhere and no one gets arrested.....
....that is unless you bring fido on the beach with you.
See, I told ya it was just a skin condition!
So does the sun ONLY shine on the beach? Why can't he get a small area with a privacy fence built to sunbath?
Because it's not about health, it's about perversion. I'm not one to believe all gays are perverted, but I do believe some get off on shocking people or are voyeurs.
The article goes on to say that nobody has complained about his nakedness, but children haven't belonged anywhere near Fire Is. in a long, long time.
BTW, DelCore is also asking the judge to order Chief Park Ranger Wayne Valentine to undergo sensitivity training for not being more understnand of the service that Cheekies was providing.
"Why does Cheekies lick...you know...?"
"Because he can."
Maybe it's just an allergic reaction to Astroglide.
Methinks this guy has a common liberal disease -
TSS - "Thin Skin Syndrome"
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I'll bet cheekies is a trained dog, and when they go down to the beach he takes a jar of peanut butter with him.
NYC is one big freakshow.
Our society is FAR too interested in making the rules for others, and in punishing others for violating their norms.
It is cheaper to buy him a tanning bed.
This is obviously a case of "Tongue firmly planted in Cheekies".
Not all reporters are humorless.
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