Altogether silly

This pleasantly lite news story about a man who wants to develop a Christian nudist resort contains the memorable assertion: "There is absolutely no relationship between nudity and sex." (Thanks, Jym.)

I think someone wants an excuse to build a multi-million dollar resort over some orchards and everything else has been tried. When the nudist scheme goes belly up -- now there's an enchanting image -- the resort will be "sold" to a management company who'll run it like any other hotel.

Then there was this piece in the Chronicle this morning about how the whole "war on Christmas" load of crap was so successful this year, the American Family Association, an anti-gay, supposedly Christian, right-wing pressure group, is testing the waters for another, even larger non-sequitur: no more Christmas gifts. Even other foamers think the idea is silly; a spokesperson for Concerned Women for America said such a scheme would "punish retailers" including believers who own small businesses.

True -- the foamer groups can't do anything without the support of the Christian Bookstore owners. But this idea has already been proposed by someone on the other side of the Christian spectrum, Bill McKibben, writing in -- of all places -- Mother Jones. I wish the Chronicle reporter had gotten a reaction quote from him -- that would have been interesting.