Robert91
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Laws vs customs
I've looked into it and though I see quite a few places about NY state being the only state in the US where topfreedom is legal, I can't find anything about it being illegal here in NH. Our laws about indecent exposure don't mention anything about women's breasts. The only things I can find on a related subject are cases upholding clubs rights to allow toplessness.
It seems that regardless of what the laws actually say, it is social customs that really come in to play. Where topfreedom is generally practiced and socially acceptable it won't matter much if there is some old law on the books saying it is illegal. On the other hand in places like NY where it has been brought before the courts and declared legal, but is still considered socially unacceptable, you may still run into serious problems going topfree.
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10/2/2007, 7:13 am
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Re: Laws vs customs
We've got a lawyer in the family, so I asked him. He said that while state laws may not address topfreedom, many community ordinances do, especially if there are bars in the town. Also, you can often be charged with disorderly conduct, which is on the books everywhere. Still, your chances of getting arrested are pretty slim, unless you argue with the cop.
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10/2/2007, 9:37 am
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Re: Laws vs customs
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Robert91 wrote:
I've looked into it and though I see quite a few places about NY state being the only state in the US where topfreedom is legal, I can't find anything about it being illegal here in NH. Our laws about indecent exposure don't mention anything about women's breasts. The only things I can find on a related subject are cases upholding clubs rights to allow toplessness.
I took a look also. I did find RSA 645 which reads:quote:
I. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if such person:
(a) Fornicates, exposes his or her genitals or performs any other act of gross lewdness under circumstances which he or she should know will likely cause affront or alarm.
It seems this may be subjective enough that it could be taken to court. As Carly mentioned, the local towns may have restritions also.
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10/5/2007, 9:22 pm
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Re: Laws vs customs
I was once threatened with arrest, as a teen, for walking a beach in a bikini top and thong bottom. I really don't know what the law in the south Georgia islands was at the time, but I didn't want to have to involve the cops. I was a teenager on vacation with the family and didn't want it to become an issue to mess up anyones' vacation. Although at same trip me and my best friend got the evil eye for being nude in a womans' changing room, as we changed clothes from our swimsuits to our "street clothes". Welcome to the Bible Belt!!
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10/12/2007, 2:36 am
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Although at same trip me and my best friend got the evil eye for being nude in a womans' changing room, as we changed clothes from our swimsuits to our "street clothes". Welcome to the Bible Belt!!
It is not only in the Bible Belt. A longtime
friend of my wife moved from Katonah, NY, an upper middle class suburb of New York City, to East Greenbush, NY, a blue collar suburb of Albany. Her daughter showered nude in the girls' locker room in the upper middle class suburb with no problem, but in the blue collar suburb, which had substantial drug and teen pregnancy problems, when she did what she had always done before, she found out that doing so there was an absolute no-no.
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meredith2kp4 wrote:
A longtime friend of my wife moved from Katonah, NY, an upper middle class suburb of New York City, to East Greenbush, NY, a blue collar suburb of Albany. Her daughter showered nude in the girls' locker room in the upper middle class suburb with no problem, but in the blue collar suburb, which had substantial drug and teen pregnancy problems, when she did what she had always done before, she found out that doing so there was an absolute no-no.
Wha-huh??? How exactly did they expect her to shower--fully clothed? And what the hezmana do drugs and pregnancy have to do with it?
I gotta stop thinking about this. The illogic is making my ears bleed.
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