Vancouver police, officials would not uphold laws against public nudity at Homosexual Pride Parade
When homosexual news service Daily Xtra reported last week that both Vancouver police and city officials “confirmed they had no issues with public nudity ” at the city’s annual gay Pride Parade , LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) deemed necessary a fact check with the guardians of law and order. Canada ’s Criminal Code makes it illegal to be nude in a “ public place .” Section 174 states that a person who is “so clad as to offend against public decency or order” is “guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.” While reports about this year’s August 4 gay parade mention only “scantily-clad revellers” and “skimpy attire,” last year’s parade was attended by a group of men called Foreskin who exposed their genitals in the city streets (WARNING: link includes graphic full-frontal male nudity). At last year's parade a group of men called Foreskin exposed their genitals in the city streets. LifeSiteNews asked the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) by email if it would