You can read the original post here:
http://strangemaine.blogspot.com/2010/03/half-nude-in-portland.html
Overall, the crowd was happy and ebullient, and there was a lot of cheering as the small group of shirtless men and women marched from Longfellow Square down Congress Street, heading for Monument Square. It also attracted a LOT of men with cameras.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/full-exposure-of-their-___-principles_2010-03-28.html
To quote:
Calls last week to Portland City Hall and the Cumberland County District Attorney's office confirmed that while it is illegal for men and women to expose their genitals in public, local and state laws contain no such prohibition on uncovered breasts – male or female. (Although, considering some of the men who insist on parading around topless, one could argue that there should be.)
Maine, in fact, is one of a handful of "top-free" states that have no laws banning breast exposure, according to the national organization gotopless.org. The group lists the others as Hawaii, New York, Ohio, Texas and the "coast of California."
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My wife and son walked. We didn't think it was that big of a deal, but for the most part people taking pictures were fairly respectable.
I think another one is going to be organized in a few months as well.
The Other Portland Responds: Oregon doesn't have an indecent exposure law. Public nudity is only a crime if one engages in "sexual intercourse" or attempts "arousing sexual desire" with themselves or another person. About 5,000 Portlandites rode in the World Naked Bike Ride last year. That's a lot of naked on two wheels.
Hey, that's me in the "1" and "2" pictures. I'm the guy with the camera. You're right, I was not that interested in the topless men. They were not the news. I'm the chief photographer at THE TIMES RECORD, a daily paper based in Brunswick, Maine.
http://www.timesrecord.com/
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