Here It Comes

[jbeegoode]

Legislation in Wisconsin to change the wording "Indecent" to "Intentional" makes nudity illegal. particularly with children.

Wisconsin has been having trouble with politicians for years, gerrymandering, trying to rig elections, pandering to the right-wing machine that controls the primaries, etc. It seems that the inevitable has happened. "What about the kids" is being used to insight political hysteria and grandstanding.

https://naturisteducation.org/wp-content/uploads/library/newsletters/2023_1011.pdf


This legislation can kill all family oriented social nudity and non-social, not just factory farms, but anywhere. IN OUR HOMES.

Arizona is another rigged state with this potential. With politicians that carer to "anyway" to get elected instead of principles of freedoms, this kind of thing happens. Arizona, Wisconsin and a few others are listed by criteria of democratic, many third world and eastern European countries. So, now it comes and this is rapidly becoming national.

Hope this link to a PDF works.
Jbee

[jbeegoode]

This morning this came to my email, Hope that it copies.
NATURIST ACTION COMMITTEE
ACTION ALERT

Wisconsin SB 477 and SB 478
Copyright 2023 by the Naturist Action Committee, which is responsible for its content.  Permission is granted for the posting, forwarding or redistribution of this message, provided that it is reproduced in its entirety and without alteration.

This is an Action Alert from the Naturist Action Committee (NAC) in collaboration with Planet Nude regarding anti-nudity Wisconsin Senate Bill 477 and Wisconsin Senate Bill 478.

The bills, if passed, would be immensely harmful to naturists,
and would set a very dangerous precedent for other states.
BACKGROUND:

The 13th annual World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) in Madison was, by all measures, a success. Among the nearly 200 who participated this year was a 10 year old girl and her mother. The mother saw it as an opportunity to teach her daughter valuable lessons -- not just about body positivity but also self-empowerment, giving her the option to dress however she chose. The young girl chose to participate nude just like everyone else, a choice respected and supported by her mother and, indeed, aligned with the event's clothing-optional policy.

Yet the girl's presence, entirely unremarkable in the international scope of World Naked Bike Rides, has nonetheless ignited a moralistic media controversy that has escalated to the national level. In the latest development of the continuing saga, proposed measures now aim to redefine public decency laws in Wisconsin, sparking a national debate that could jeopardize far more than just WNBR.

For a far more detailed background, see the Planet Nude article "Double Standards in Dairyland" at: https://www.planetnude.co/p/double-standards-in-dairyland

This one incident is what was used to justify the introduction of these two bills of concern. If not defeated, the ramifications will be far reaching to both naturists and non-naturists.
SB 477 - Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB-3844/4539)

This bill prohibits a person from causing a person who is under the age of 18 to attend an event at which a group of adult participants intentionally expose their genitals, buttocks, or other intimate parts in a public area. The bill also prohibits taking a picture or other representation of a child at such an event if the representation depicts the child's intentionally exposed genitals, buttocks, or other intimate parts. The bill provides an exception to the second prohibition for a person who takes the picture or other representation with the intention to report to law enforcement a violation that is created under the bill as long as the person reports the violation within 24 hours of taking the picture or representation.

SB 478 - Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB-3843/4533)

Current law prohibits a person from publicly and indecently exposing genitals or pubic area. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. This bill eliminates the element that the exposure be indecent and instead requires that the exposure be intentional.
WHAT IS NAC DOING?

* NAC has been very actively monitoring and gathering information on the Wisconsin situation since it originated. NAC has a board member in Madison who is in communication with both WNBR organizers (Madison and Milwaukee), with the family at the center of the incident, with many legislators, and multiple other agencies, organizations and individuals. As often is the case in working toward successful results, there's a lot going on behind the scenes.

* NAC is closely monitoring anti-nudity Wisconsin Administrative Code changes created and submitted by the DNR (Department of Natural Resources) which can move forward after the bills are passed.

* NAC is working one-on-one with many concerned individuals, assisting them with the best approaches for taking steps and communicating with pertinent representatives and officials.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?

1) Contact NAC immediately by phone (920-415-2900) or email (info@naturistaction.org) to learn of the many ways you can be a part of making a difference. These may include actions naturists and non-naturists can take both behind the scenes and more public, determining most appropriate contacts to make and how best to connect with them, and best talking points to use based on your particular situation as well as the recipient

[jbeegoode]

This link should work. It has TV media coverage, National legislative exploitation, Fox News exploitation, and an in-depth look at the issue.

https://www.planetnude.co/p/double-standards-in-dairyland 

Jbee

[nuduke]

Depressing bigotry and hegemony by a small opinionated minority it would seem.  The official reaction doesn't seem to have been engendered by any public outcry against nudity or WNBR!
John

[jbeegoode]

Yea Nuduke, a minority perceived as bigger than they are stirred up by an opportunist.

Also, conservative politicians cater  to a base that tends to and are organized to, get out and vote in primary elections, get them on the ticket for their party nomination, almost always GOP. SO, There is a lot of more right-wing than thou banter going around to get that crucial vote. Then, during the main elections, the banter is more moderate to attract the rest, middle, or more central. So, "naked pervs in the streets attacking children, damaging them for life and moral decay, oh my!" is some good attention to stir up.

I took the time write letters as a mental health professional explaining the research on children and nudity to all of the staff of the committee senators, hoping that might plant into conversations up the chain. Writing directly only works, if you are in the reps district, a voter and then better a group of voters to get them to even listen. They just listen to for or against and tally that, never listening to anything of substance, unless presented by their staff, or lobbyist. I thought it worth a try. Maybe the democrats on the committee can use it in that tightly divided dysfunctional state.
Jbee