Maryland Senate denies nudism defense in strip-bar bill
An attempt by AANR to have an amendment added to an anti-nudity bill was defeated in Maryland. The proposed change sought to protect AANR member nudist clubs under the bill. Some would say that AANR ignored free beach issues (and NAC) in this matter creating the impression that AANR has an anti-free beach bent.
If the bill becomes law it will allow local towns to write their own anti-nudity laws. By giving local control, it makes it harder to have unified standards, and further these local laws are frequently written to be overly broad. NAC has fought these local control laws on the grounds that it is both not needed and creatse a quagmire of bad local laws.
Thus it could be argued that AANR's actions are both short-sighted and self-serving.
The other point of view I have heard is that there is no chance this bill will be defeated and therefore having an exclusions amendment is the only viable option. However the exclusions only named AANR member clubs and not other forms of social nude recreation. So it's easy to understand how one might see AANR as trying to gain an exclusive on nude recreation.
Thoughts?
If the bill becomes law it will allow local towns to write their own anti-nudity laws. By giving local control, it makes it harder to have unified standards, and further these local laws are frequently written to be overly broad. NAC has fought these local control laws on the grounds that it is both not needed and creatse a quagmire of bad local laws.
Thus it could be argued that AANR's actions are both short-sighted and self-serving.
The other point of view I have heard is that there is no chance this bill will be defeated and therefore having an exclusions amendment is the only viable option. However the exclusions only named AANR member clubs and not other forms of social nude recreation. So it's easy to understand how one might see AANR as trying to gain an exclusive on nude recreation.
Thoughts?
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