For our first cancellation of the new year, we head up to beautiful Lake Washington,

you're the city of Seattle. Now just to be clear, I use the word beautiful to describe specifically

the physical topography of the area. Just don't look over to your side or over your shoulder because if you do

depending on where you happen to be standing along the shore you might find yourself

staring at a collection of very naked people.

Hi stranger. Now, of course, you stand the risk of getting an eye full of naked flab if you travel anywhere

in the Pacific Northwest.

But on Lake Washington, the risk is even greater because it is the site of something

called Denny Blaine Park which is we are informed a beloved nudist beach

popular with the LGBT community in the area. Round up the usual suspects.

In fact, this new to speech is so popular and so beloved

that the LGBT community recently came together,

no pun intended, to protest what they perceived as a mortal threat to this hangout spot, no pun intended.

And the threat came in the form of a playground.

A few months ago, it was announced that Seattle Parks and Rec, with the assistance of a sizable

donation from a private donor, planned to build a playground nearby.

And this is a problem for the exhibitionist Gays over at Denny Blaine because although it's legal for them to

gallivant around naked almost anywhere in the city or state they still aren't

allowed to get naked in front of children. So they protested the playground,

they organized, they got a petition together got nearly

ten thousand signatures on the petition they were absolutely incensed that the city

considered prioritizing the needs of children over the desires of self-described weirdos.

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