The Surrey Skinnydippers91裸聊视频� once-a-month Saturday night nude swim 91裸聊视频� for members only and open to children who are accompanied by their parents 91裸聊视频� is once again making waves in the community.

91裸聊视频淎s a child advocate, I want to make you aware that these children may be victims of voyeurism at the least,91裸聊视频� a person identifying as Rachel, at littlelam67@yahoo.com, wrote to the Now-Leader. 91裸聊视频淎s a taxpayer, please be aware this is a grave concern for many taxpaying citizens that subsidize your facilities for PUBLIC use. Please reconsider.91裸聊视频�

The nude-only swims are held at Newton Wave Pool, at 13730 72 Ave., from 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month. Adults are $12 ($10 online) and children under 18, admitted only when accompanied by their parent or legal guardian, get in free. According to the club, membership is mandatory.

Surrey resident Zachary Johnson told the Now-Leader he learned about the nude swims on Twitter.

91裸聊视频淚 thought that91裸聊视频檚 weird. I clicked on the link and it showed there91裸聊视频檚 going to be kids there as well. I thought well this is pretty inappropriate,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚 wouldn91裸聊视频檛 really have a problem with it if there weren91裸聊视频檛 underage people involved. If it was only for adults, then it wouldn91裸聊视频檛 really be an issue.91裸聊视频�

Paul Andreassen, organizer the Skindippers91裸聊视频� swims, said children have 91裸聊视频渁lways been there, and they are safe as they are at any other event where their parents are present.91裸聊视频� He said parents 91裸聊视频渁bsolutely91裸聊视频� have to be with the children.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a closed event, it91裸聊视频檚 a private event. The windows are covered.91裸聊视频�

Andreassen said that 91裸聊视频渦sually around 4091裸聊视频� people come to the nude swims but 91裸聊视频渘ot at lot91裸聊视频� of kids go.

He said the club began its swims in June 2002 until January 2003, 91裸聊视频渨hich is when Surrey decided to pull the plug, under McCallum and the then council. So we did appeal to council; they were not moved, so we moved our swim to Vancouver for a period of time while we organized and decided how to turn things around. Ultimately we wound up taking it to the B.C. Supreme Court.91裸聊视频�

Justice Paul Williamson presided over the case, Skinnydipper Services Inc. v. City of Surrey and Laurie Cavan, heard in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver in 2007.

91裸聊视频淔or those who came of age in the 1960s, skinnydipping would hardly seem to be a threat to the moral fibre of western civilization,91裸聊视频� Williamson wrote in his . 91裸聊视频淣ot so, however, for some of the good burghers of Surrey.91裸聊视频�

Williamson had noted that the city cancelled the group91裸聊视频檚 rental permits soon after many in the community expressed their outrage to city employees of the day, threatening to boycott the pool.

91裸聊视频淣ot long after, on March 31, 2003, the Federation of Canadian Naturists, the group who had been renting the pool for late night private skinnydipping, received a letter from the City of Surrey stating that the Surrey Council had considered the matter at a closed council meeting, in itself rather odd in a democracy, and had affirmed the action of the staff in cancelling the pool rental agreement.91裸聊视频�

The judge decided that 91裸聊视频渢he decisions to cancel the nudist group91裸聊视频檚 permits and to decline to rent pool facilities to the petitioner are patently unreasonable.91裸聊视频�

Andreassen says the club requires membership to attend the swims. 91裸聊视频淲e screen everyone, we take photo ID, we keep records on everyone that attends our event.91裸聊视频�

None are anonymous, he said.

The city staff who do the life-guarding are not working in the buff, Andreassen noted.

91裸聊视频淭hey are the same that lifeguard the public swims. Think about it, they are there for our safety and they have to be identifiable 91裸聊视频� they can91裸聊视频檛 just blend in to the crowd. Same thing at a public swim, they are wearing their official issued T-shirts and carrying their whistles and all that sort of thing. They are representing the City and everything is kept under control.91裸聊视频�

Laurie Cavan, Surrey91裸聊视频檚 general manager of parks, recreation and culture, told the Now-Leader via email that the event is a 91裸聊视频減rivate function91裸聊视频� and that the pool is rented to the organization after regular public swimming hours are finished for the day.

91裸聊视频淭he City of Surrey is complying with the court ruling that found it reasonable for civic pool facilities to be rented out privately for this purpose,91裸聊视频� Cavan91裸聊视频檚 statement read.

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