Nudist resort owners' banning of children riles the naturist community [View all]

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Judy and her husband, Mike, lounge by the pool at the Desert Sun nudist resort in Palm Springs. The Maryland couple have been making the resort their vacation destination for the last seven years. They agree with the owners' recent decision to ban children. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times / May 10, 2012)

A naked grab for money?
Nudist resort owners' banning of children riles the naturist community, leaving some suspicious of the motive.
By Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times
May 30, 2012, 3:51 p.m.

PALM SPRINGS — For Elizabeth Young, Desert Shadows was a place where she could shed her blouse, pantyhose, sensible heels — and everything else — and dive into a game of water volleyball.

She and her husband, John, drove from Orange County to the nudist getaway a few times a year to escape their 9-to-5 lives. After its owner filed for bankruptcy in 2007, the Youngs feared someone would raze the hotel, or force guests to wear pants. So they bought the place and renamed it Desert Sun.

At first, nudist groups embraced the couple as a welcome addition to their oft-misunderstood industry. Elizabeth has the blond sunniness of a televangelist's wife, and John the bravado of a salesman closing a deal. They spent millions sprucing up the place, but the goodwill they generated soon evaporated, and they were pilloried on nudist websites as traitors.

Their sin?

The Youngs announced what they considered a business decision but what others viewed as an attack on core nudist principles:

No more children at Desert Sun.

More: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nudist-fight-20120531,0,1326783.story

I agree with the owners, the potential legal issues are too massive to ignore - ban the children - Thoughts?