Current location:	Arkansas
Current mood:	annoyed

Arkansas is made of fail
So I found this tonight:

§ 5-68-204. Nudism

(a) The term "nudism" as used in this section is defined to be the act or acts of a person or persons congregating or gathering with his, her, or their private parts exposed in the presence of one (1) or more persons of the opposite sex as a form of social practice.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the enumerated acts when:

(1) The purpose of the person committing the act or acts is to render medical or surgical treatment, or to determine the need for medical or surgical treatment, or to cleanse such sexual part, and the person committing such act is a licensed physician, as defined by §17-80-101, or any such physician of a sister state making a professional call into Arkansas, or the person committing any such act did so under the professional direction of any such physician, or the person committing any such act is a nurse duly registered or licensed by the Arkansas State Board of Nurse Examiners; or

(2) When the persons are married legally one to another.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person, club, camp, corporation, partnership, association, or organization to advocate, demonstrate, or promote nudism, or for any person to rent, lease, or otherwise permit his land, premises, or buildings to be used for the purpose of advocating, demonstrating, or promoting nudism

(d) Any person, club, camp, corporation, partnership, association, or organization violating any of the provisions of § 5-68-204 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment for each offense.

So, it is illegal in Arkansas to be naked in the presence of anyone other than your doctor or your spouse. Regardless of whether it's in a public place or not. In fact, it pretty specifically includes private property in the prohibition.

And it's illegal to "advocate, demonstrate, or promote nudism." Meaning I were simply wearing, for example, this shirt within the state of Arkansas, I would be committing a crime. I'm not sure how the Arkansas legislature managed to reconcile this in their uncivilized little minds with pesky little things like the First Amendment.

Furthermore, as this article points out, that clause makes it effectively illegal to campaign to change the law.

I think this may well be the dumbest law ever, and I'm including the ones about transporting whales by truck or changing π to 3. Unlike those laws, this law doesn't have the excuse of being a leftover from an uncivilized and barbaric age; it was passed in 1994.