Congressman's skinny-dip is applauded by nudists
And no surprise: Yoder's actions on that fact-finding trip last year are defended by the American Association for Nude Recreation.
It says in a press release that "the U.S. has a long history of political skinny-dippers: John Quincy Adams, Teddy Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and George W. Bush all abandoned their skivvies for a refreshing swim. President Johnson even went skinny-dipping while in office with evangelist Billy Graham. Other famous promoters of skinny-dipping include such notable Americans as Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Herman Melville and Norman Rockwell."
The association also cites a 2006 Roper poll that found that 25% of adult Americans have skinny-dipped in mixed company and says that it " advocates people should skinny-dip in appropriate settings like their own back yards, nudist resorts and clubs, legal nude beaches, etc." Apparently the Sea of Galilee does not have the welcome mat out for nude bathers.
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