TX: Just Say "No" To Nudist Youth Camps

[rainbow4321]

Good Lord...so now we are getting laws to prevent shit that doesn't even exist down here..all based on some fundie reading the NYT 2 friggin' yrs ago??? Surprised that they haven't gone after Hippie Hollow yet....

http://www.co.travis.tx.us/tnr/parks/hippie_hollow.asp
Hippie Hollow Park lies in the basin area of Lake Travis in the Hill Country of central Texas, approximately one-half hour's drive from downtown Austin, The Park features a steep, rocky shoreline and provides some spectacular views of Lake Travis. This heavily-used park, the only clothing optional public park in Texas, is popular for sunbathing and swimming. Please respect the privacy of other visitors and ask permission before taking photographs. Remember that nudity is acceptable, lewd behavior is not.
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http://www.burntorangereport.com/archives/003224.html#more


Rep. Bryan Hughes, a Republican from Mineola, filed a bill that would outlaw nudist youth camps in Texas. No such camps currently exist in Texas, Hughes said, but a constituent who read a 2003 New York Times article in which a nudist group said it planned to start one here in 2005 asked him to make a pre-emptive strike to prevent that from happening. Hughes originally filed the bill during the first special session in 2003, but it did not pass. The bill is not a moral statement against nudity, he said, but rather a measure to protect children against pedophiles who could take advantage of them at such a camp.

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I can see the point about nude pedophiles, as Van Zandt County is unfortunate enough to be home to the "Ponderosa Naturist Retreat" (a nudist colony) on State Highway 64 in Myrtle Springs, and a few years back there were several people from there charged with all manners of inappropriate acts, but don't Legislators have other things to worry about than whether a nudist youth camp might come to Texas? School finance, perhaps?

Either way, this is about par for Hughes. During his last campaign, almost every speech he gave centered around three things: 1.) He made it legal for kids to pray in public school 2.) he made it a requirement for kids say the pledge to the flag in school, and 3.) He is against gay marriage. Not just a terrible amount of substance there, but then again, what do we expect from the single largest recipient of TRMPAC funds in the entire state?

But, since Hugues is at it, I wish he'd get the legislature to prevent the local nudist colony's landscaper from mowing the outer lawn of the "retreat" right along the highway in a thong and nothing but, because, if you're unfortunate enough to drive by when that's going on, it just ain't right.

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[jdots]

1. How much does Hugues charge for a lap dance ?

That kind of stuff is legal because it is one of the jobs created by bushco and if it wasn't for clean looking dirty old republican men the corporate franchise strip joints wouldn't thrive.