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Old 07-11-2008, 04:25 AM
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Is this a case of discrimination against the gay community or are gay men engaging in public lewd conduct? If the gay community has their way and the park keeps the shrubbery where they are having sex, doesn't this mean the rest of the public will be discouraged from visiting the park? M

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Plans to clear undergrowth from gay sex spot branded discriminatory

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A council has been accused of discriminating against homosexuals over plans to clear undergrowth from a notorious gay cruising spot.

Bristol City Council wants to prune bushes and remove cover from an area known as the Downs to improve the landscape and encourage rare wildlife.

But its own gay rights group has opposed the move, claiming that cutting back the bushes was "discriminating" to homosexual men who used the area for late night outdoor sex known as dogging.

Work on the beauty spot has been temporarily delayed while talks with gay rights groups take place to try and break the deadlock.

The area of the Downs sits at the top of the Avon Gorge, in the upmarket Clifton suburb of Bristol and is home to various species of rare plants and wildlife.

But councillors said it had become overgrown over the past 20 years.

Thick bushes cover the secluded area next to a street known Circular Road which has become a mecca for gay men and couples cruising for sex.
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Old 07-11-2008, 05:01 AM
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Bad luck. If gay men want to meet other gay men for sex they can go to a bar, pub or club or sauna or whatever, no problem there. As for the couples that want to go "dogging" they only need to find a swingers club and join, that should satisfy their needs. I suppose that might take away some of the thrill but too bad.
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Old 07-11-2008, 08:55 AM
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There was an area that in the town I grew up in that has these huge bushes that lined a fence around this housing development. They cut the bushes back because people where committing illegal acts in the bushes. They where selling drugs, now is this discriminatory? If sex outdoors is illegal there, it is illegal. No questions asked. You can debate if it is right or wrong all you want but until they legalize it they should probably stop humping in the park.
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Old 07-11-2008, 09:49 AM
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Is this a case of discrimination against the gay community or are gay men engaging in public lewd conduct? If the gay community has their way and the park keeps the shrubbery where they are having sex, doesn't this mean the rest of the public will be discouraged from visiting the park? M

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Plans to clear undergrowth from gay sex spot branded discriminatory

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Plans to clear undergrowth from gay sex spot branded discriminatory - Telegraph

A council has been accused of discriminating against homosexuals over plans to clear undergrowth from a notorious gay cruising spot.

Bristol City Council wants to prune bushes and remove cover from an area known as the Downs to improve the landscape and encourage rare wildlife.

But its own gay rights group has opposed the move, claiming that cutting back the bushes was "discriminating" to homosexual men who used the area for late night outdoor sex known as dogging.

Work on the beauty spot has been temporarily delayed while talks with gay rights groups take place to try and break the deadlock.

The area of the Downs sits at the top of the Avon Gorge, in the upmarket Clifton suburb of Bristol and is home to various species of rare plants and wildlife.

But councillors said it had become overgrown over the past 20 years.

Thick bushes cover the secluded area next to a street known Circular Road which has become a mecca for gay men and couples cruising for sex.
So, let's see if I understand this. Homosexuals think it's discrimination to clean up an area they use for activity that in many American communities would be illegal if heterosexuals engaged in it? I thought gay rights was about rights based on having homosexual attraction not about rights based on public lewdness!
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There was an area that in the town I grew up in that has these huge bushes that lined a fence around this housing development. They cut the bushes back because people where committing illegal acts in the bushes. They where selling drugs, now is this discriminatory? If sex outdoors is illegal there, it is illegal. No questions asked. You can debate if it is right or wrong all you want but until they legalize it they should probably stop humping in the park.
Oh, but the sex is only illegal if heterosexuals are doing it; to arrest homosexuals for doing it is discrimination.
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"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

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Old 07-11-2008, 10:11 AM
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What the ****...?

EDIT: Sorry, let me qualify that. Labeling this discrimination is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.
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Old 07-11-2008, 10:36 AM
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So, let's see if I understand this. Homosexuals think it's discrimination to clean up an area they use for activity that in many American communities would be illegal if heterosexuals engaged in it? I thought gay rights was about rights based on having homosexual attraction not about rights based on public lewdness!
The response to your question is yes, but this is the United Kingdom we are talking about. Maybe someone from the UK or knows their laws can confirm.

This situation deserves a new Monty Python show.
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Old 07-11-2008, 10:43 AM
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The response to your question is yes, but this is the United Kingdom we are talking about. Maybe someone from the UK or knows their laws can confirm.
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Or a Mel Brooks parody.
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"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

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"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

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Old 07-11-2008, 05:42 PM
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Who's he? I was thinking Larry Craig.
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