A little inside information about the start of San Onofre and how it influenced the Cahill Policy.
“San Onofre, Calif – Richard Nixon said the stretch of beach near his former San Clemente home was great for sun worshippers – and some people who agree are baring all.”
An HB attorney representing the NAC and nudists who participate in nude recreation at San Onofre State Beach’s Trail 6 said Tuesday he is assembling a team of “top-notch” criminal defense attorneys to fight tickets recently issued last week to nude sunbathers, Andres Garza and an unnamed man playing volleyball.
Roy Stearns, a state parks spokesman, advised the media State park rangers started enforcing its crackdown on nudists at Trail 6 after two years of legal wrangling.
For many years it was a “very remote, mostly isolated” trail and there weren’t many complaints about the “clothing optional part of the beach, Stearns said.
Stearns also brought up the issues discussed in the recent litigation with the NAC. “The area was attracting an element that was rather unsavory-not the nudists themselves – but an element that seemed attracted to that,” Stearns said. “We were finding sex toys in bushes and other kinds of things, and sex acts here and there, and it became apparent we needed to do something about it.”
During the afternoon of March 17, a peace officer Lifeguard issued a citation for nudity at Trail 6. I have spoken with the victim and he indicated that he and his female friend were seated near the peace sign at the north end of the clothing optional area. The officer drove up quickly and told the gentleman to get dressed. No warning was given. The female was wearing a bikini bottom and had her top covered with a wrap. She was not cited.
The victim is interested in fighting the citation, and Friends of San Onofre is working to assist with legal issues. It is our intent to assist persons cited for nudity at trail 6 under appropriate circumstances.
Friends of San Onofre Beach, the Naturist Action Committee and naturists across the globe need your assistance. First and foremost, we must not abandon our beach. If we do not maintain our presence at Trail 6, the Parks Dept. will have won the war. We cannot let that happen. The naturist community is depending on us to stand our ground.
A citation for violating section 4322 of the California park regulations is a misdemeanor and certainly a legal issue that must be addressed. However it is not as serious as many crimes and is absolutely NOT a sex offense, and a conviction DOES NOT require sex offender registration.
If our founding fathers had been afraid of a little legal trouble, we would still be a British colony.
Contributions to our legal defense fund will help to defray legal cost of defending persons
If anything happens at the beach, please let me know:
Allen Baylis 714-962-0915 – rab@baylislaw.com
To donate to Friends of San Onofre Beach, checks can be sent to:
Friends of San Onofre Beach
P. O. Box 6283
Huntington Beach, CA 92615-6283
To donate to the Naturist Action Committee, go to:
www.naturistaction.org/donate
You can also stay informed by checking the following websites:
www.naturistaction.org/sanonofre
www.friendsofsanonofre.org
AND: get on our email list by sending your request to info@friendsofsanonorre.org
Women pose for nude calendar to raise money for animal shelter. Twelve woman posed nude in a small Texas town in hopes of raising money for the Human Society. Homeless animals are up and donations have been down and the woman wanted to do something to help the shelter…so they posed with the homeless animals.
The woman, ages 28-75 are hoping to raise $12,000 for the Bulverde, Texas Human Society. Bulverde, Texas is part of the bible belt and they were concerned that there would be some talk, but so far the reviews have been mixed but mostly good.
The video below shows tasteful and creative poses that also show the animals. The women appear to have had a good time making the calendar. The calendar is $12 plus $3 for shipping and can be ordered here.
In Salt Lake City, Utah, two 2010 calendars that have caused some controversy but sold well are the Men on a Mission and the Hot Mormon Muffins calendars. Both calendars poke fun of the traditional Mormon men and women, and of course have caused quite a bit of controversy in the state of Utah. For more information on those calendars and to see the links on the left.
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By ROBERT SWIFT (Harrisburg Bureau Chief)
Published: February 7, 2010
HARRISBURG – Two legal advocacy groups are opposing legislation to enact less severe criminal penalties for teens caught “sexting.”
A consensus is emerging that sexting – the sending of nude or sexually explicit photos by cellphone – shouldn’t be considered child pornography when teenagers are involved, said Andy Hoover, legislative director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania.
But Hoover said the measure before the House Judiciary Committee to forgo the felony penalty and create a second-degree misdemeanor offense for minors over the age of 13 who engage in sexting is unconstitutional and has an overly broad scope.
He said the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution recognizes nudity as a protected freedom of expression, even for minors.
“Nudity is protected under the First Amendment as long as someone is not being abused,” added Hoover. “The bill as it is currently written is way too broad.”
Joining the ACLU in opposition is the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, which said the bill would criminalize normal adolescent behavior through the misdemeanor offense for sexting and push more youth into the juvenile justice system.
The judiciary committee last week postponed a vote on the sexting bill and could consider the bill at a meeting Tuesday. Rep. Thomas Caltagirone, D-127, Reading, the panel chairman, has said he is looking for a penalty that wouldn’t punish teens for immature behavior while giving county district attorneys leeway to prosecute sexting cases in which a sinister motive is involved.
Hoover said the committee should defer action on the bill until a federal court rules on a parental lawsuit over a sexting case in Wyoming County. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard arguments Jan. 15 concerning the lawsuit by parents of three girls who sued former Wyoming County district attorney George Skumanick Jr. for threatening to bring child pornography charges against a group of Tunkhannock Area School District students for sexting.
A federal judge issued an injunction last year barring Skumanick from bringing charges against the three girls. While still serving as district attorney, Skumanick appealed the injunction to the appeals court.
Hoover suggested lawmakers should learn more about teenage development before passing laws addressing sexting.
“Sexting should not be criminalized because it is merely the convergence of the well-recognized adolescent need for sexual exploration and expression with new technology that allows teens to explore their sexual relationship via private photographs shared in real time,” wrote law center officials in a letter to House Judiciary Committee members.