Reverend Bob Horrocks, Church of England vicar and part time nudist

From here:

Mr Horrocks, from the Seven Saints Rectory in Farnworth, Bolton, is set to bare all for a TV documentary in a bid to change attitudes towards the naked human body.

The 55-year-old says the Bible celebrates nudity and the sexualisation of bodies is a modern phenomenon which has been manufactured by advertising.

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“I went away and researched the Bible and I found there was a lot of positive stuff – there is nothing condemning simple nakedness. It was part of life at the time of Jesus. It’s something I would’ve loved to have discovered when I was a lot younger.’

At a time when it is tearing itself apart over same-sex marriage, homosexual clergy and women bishops, this is just what the Church of England needs to lend a little sober perspective to its travails: nude vicars.

There is some good news in all this: Rev, Horrocks, you don’t need to worry about anyone sexualising your body; really.

The unusual defence of a Christian nudist

From here:

A self-described Christian naturist arrested for passing through a Tim Hortons drive-thru in the buff was not completely nude, his lawyer argued in a court in Bracebridge, Ont., on Monday. Brian Coldin was wearing sandals, Clayton Ruby pointed out, and he was on or near his own property and he never behaved in a “prurient or indecent manner.”

Mr. Coldin’s argument that he wasn’t nude because he was wearing sandals is a little like a bald man claiming he is not bald because he has a moustache.  Coldin might be better served by pointing out that every year homosexual men prance with impunity down Yonge Street completely starkers as an expression of the pride they have in being gay. If they can get away with it, why can’t he?