โThe Worcester County Stateโs Attorneyโs Office received a request last summer from a woman who believed it was her constitutional right to be bare-chested on Ocean Cityโs beach. At that time, the Stateโs Attorney reached out to the Maryland Attorney Generalโs Office for an opinion on the matter, which we are still anxiously awaiting. The Mayor & City Council are strongly opposed to this idea and are taking the matter very seriously by exploring what legal actions can be taken to prevent this from happening. While we respect Ms. Covingtonโs desire to express what rights she may have, Ocean City is a family beach resort and we intend to do whatever is within our ability to keep it that way.โ
There was a request to the Worcester County States Attorney last summer by a woman who believes it is her constitutional right to be on Ocean Cityโs beach without a top.
The states attorney has reached out to the attorney generalโs office and is waiting an opinion. The Police Department is working closely with the states attorney and Beach Patrol on how to properly enforce any incidents that arise. The mayor & city council strongly oppose this idea (one assumes they mean toplessness and not working with the states attorney and beach patrol–Ed.) and are working to determine what legal actions can be taken to prevent this from occurring.
You see whats happened to Jersey Beaches. People dont want to go there anymore. Too much partying, no rules on the beaches, and so on. now their trying to clean things up, but once people get wind that its no longer a family atmoshere, its hard trying to bring it back. Leave things alone, the needs of many should always outweigh the needs of a few.
Several years ago the issue of allowing gambling in OC was raised and most opinions favored against it claiming OC was a family resort and gambling would blemish OC’s reputation. I was so glad decision to NOT allow gambling was reached!
Now the issue of topless chicks “showing off” and “making their equality” statement is before us. What is the problem with keeping things nice for family oriented fun? There are so few things left that are still pure and decent for kids, leave OC alone! The Jersey shore is not far away. Go expose your breasts on the beach there.
Would these women lay out in their own back yards sunning themselves topless?
Probably not. It’s against the law. There are more children on the beach than in our own neighborhoods.
These women have no common sense!I
I hope that I never see this happen in.OC.
OH YEAH IF OCMD BECOMES A TOPLESS CITY IM DOWN! OCNJ IS A DRY TOWN SO THAT SHOULD BE THE FAMILY ORIENTED TOWN, TITTIES FOR DAYS!
Bottom line is…whether fair or not (to each their own w/this topic), the fact remains it is socially acceptable for men to go shirtless, even if i do or do not like looking at them. So therefore our youth doesn’t think its “normal” to see a woman’s breasts (or any normally covered areas for that matter),with that being said i do not want my son who’s 10 looking at that! If this is such a HUGE issue..designate an area somewhere where this can occur (and they can choose to go to that beach or not) that beach will NOT family oriented , i LOVE OCEAN City as a family vacation spot. Please keep it that way!!
Please do not ruined the family beach all our morals have almost gone please don’t take a family vacation spot and turn it into trash.