{"id":2936,"date":"2007-07-18T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-18T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/07\/i-guess-it-depends-on-what-typ.html"},"modified":"2007-07-18T22:13:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-18T22:13:00","slug":"i-guess-it-depends-on-what-typ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/07\/i-guess-it-depends-on-what-typ.html","title":{"rendered":"I guess it depends on what type of naked you’re talking about"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young and nubile — good for business. Old and winked — not so much<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Topless women on parade? That was fine. Teenagers loitering in the buff, in a downtown parking lot? No problem. Naked sunbathers at swimming holes? It was just au naturel.
\nBut a senior citizen in his birthday suit, walking through the center of town on a Friday night, wearing only a fanny pack? That’s where Brattleboro draws a fig leaf.
\nAfter years of allowing public nudity, the town famous for its strip-and-let-strip attitude is considering banning it in parts of town, saying naked notoriety has begun drawing people here and is offending locals.
\n[…]
\nOn July 6, a 68-year-old man showed up naked downtown, walking the streets during Gallery Walk, a monthly social event in which people roam downtown, stopping in art galleries and shops. Gallery owner Suzanne Corsano was locking up for the night when she encountered him on a sidewalk.
\n“Naked people don’t impress me,” said Corsano, 60. “But to be walking down the street like that. I just looked straight at him, and he looked down. He was trying to get me to look down there, but I wouldn’t.”
\nThe man told residents he was from Arizona and had decided to vacation in Brattleboro after reading about its public nudity freedom on the Internet.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, the visiting naked people have pushed them to ban nudity<\/a> temporarily in town:<\/p>\n

Officials in Brattleboro voted 3 to 2 on Tuesday night for a temporary 30-day ordinance prohibiting people from going about in the nude.
\n[…]
\nAlthough skinny-dipping and nude sunbathing will stay legal in the state, doing the “full monty” in the middle of this town has now become taboo. A violation can cost $100.
\n[…]
\nThe ban covers nudity in the main part of town and near schools and churches and is part of a broader anti-nudity proposal that is likely to be decided next month. Breast feeding in public will still be allowed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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