IT'S ONE THING TO ENJOY NUDE RECREATION IN THE PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT OF A NUDIST RESORT, BUT QUITE A DIFFERENT
PLEASURE TO BARE YOURSELF IN THE INFORMAL SETTING OF A SEASHORE OR RIVERBANK. FREE BEACHES ARE PLACES WHERE
YOU CAN DO JUST THAT. IN 1933 THE ORGANIZERS OF THE AMERICA NUDIST MOVEMENT SET AS ONE OF THEIR GOALS THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF "CLOTHES FREE ZONE." SECTIONS OF PUBLIC LANDS WHERE PEOPLE MAY EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO RELAX
THE CONVENTIONAL TABOO AND ENJOY NUDE RECREATION IN THE OUT-OF-DOORS. THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF ITS NATIONAL
AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS REPRESENTATIVES AND LOBBYISTS, ASA HAS ACTIVELY LOBBIED AGAINST ANY STATE
OR COUNTYWIDE LAW THAT WOULD PROHIBIT PROHIBIT PUBLIC NUDITY. THE PAST YEAR HAS SEEN ASA MEET WITH GREAT
SUCCESS IN MANY STATES WHERE ANTI-NUDITY LAWS WERE BEING CONSIDERED. BY MAKING LAWMAKERS AWARE OF NUDISM
AND PRESENTING THE NUDIST CAUSE IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, ASA WAS ABLE TO INFLUENCE SEVERAL BILLS TO GRANT SPECIFIC
EXEMPTIONS FOR LEGITIMATE NUDE RECREATION. WHERTHER IT IS PROMOTING FREE BEACHES OR FIGHTING ANTI-NUDITY
ORDINANCES, ASA IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF PROTECTING NUDIST RIGHTS IN AMERICA. SINCE THE LATE '60s MAINSTREAM
AMERICA HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF RELAXING INTO A MORE EUROPEAN-STYLE NONCHALANCE TOWARDS NUDISM. IN A 1983
GALLUP OPINION POLL, FOR EXAMPLE, OVER 70 PERCENT OF AMERICANS APPROVED OF NUDE BEACHES IN AREAS SET ASIDE
FOR THAT PURPOSE. ABOUT 15 PERCENT SAID THEY HAD PARTICIPATED IN SOME FORM OF NUDE RECREATION IN THE COMPANY
OF BOUTH MEN AND WOMEN. THESE RESULTS INDICATE THAT WHETHER THEY PRACTICE IT OR NOT, THE MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS DO NOT REGARD NUDISM AS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE-AND CERTAINLY NOTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE HIDDEN
FROM OTHER. ANOTHER SIGN OF THE TIMES IS THE DECREASING OFFICIAL RESISTANCE TO FREE BEACHES. RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS
AND BIGOTS STILL TRY TO SUPPRESS ESTABLISHED NUDE BEACHES, BUT THEY NEVER SEEM TO MUSTER THE SUPPORT THEY
NEED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IN SPITE OF THEM, SKINNY DIPPING IN AMERICA IS ALIVE AND WELL. EVERY YEAR THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE FLOCK TO THE MANY NUDE BEACHES THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA. FOR THE MOST PART, THEIR STATUS IS
UNOFFICIAL BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LEGALLY DEFINED AS NUDE BEACHES. YET THEY ARE TRADITIONALLY ACCEPTED AS SUCH
BY THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND REMAIN GENERALLY FREE FROM HARASSMENT. ANYONE CAN GO TO THIS BEACH
AND ANYAGE ALL SO, SUNBATHING GET A GREAT TAN ONLY! (PS. LOOK FOR UNBRELLA-FLAP WOULD SAY TRAVEL CLUB
MARYLAND.) NEW JERSEY, THE CLUB'S PRIMARY ACTIVITY IS TO VISIT THE CLOTHING OPTIONAL BEACH IN SANDY HOOK STATE
PARK. OUR CLUB GOES TO NUDIST CLUBS. (GOODLAND COUNTY CLUB PO. BOX 575 HACKESTOWN, NJ. 07840 CALL 1-908-850-
1300) ALL PICTURE ARE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, WE HOPE YOU LIKE THE PHOTGRAPH OF ART, IF YOU WANT YOUR
PICTURE IN OUR ART GALLERY. PLEASE SEND TO THE TRAVEL CLUB ATT. Philip Stevens 3512 N. Rolling Rd Baltimore,MD.21244. WE
THANK YOU! PS. YOUR PHOTOGRAPH IS PHIL STEVENS. ALL NEW (62) PICTURE, WHAT FUN NUDE RECREATION IS ALL ABOUT. .
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