Posted on 04/08/2026 12:31:34 PM PDT by Libloather
The Minneapolis City Council is preparing to consider legalizing and regulating venues, such as bathhouses, where consenting adults can engage in sexual activity, possibly reversing the city’s 38-year ban.
The ordinances in question would remove “stigmatizing language” and add “new definitions to be inclusive of establishments where sexual activity between consenting adults may be facilitated,” according to The Minnesota Star Tribune.
The outlet noted that bathhouses and sex clubs operated in the city until a 1988 ordinance banned businesses that facilitate “high-risk sexual conduct,” which was defined as fellatio, anal intercourse and vaginal intercourse for pay.
The language of the 1988 ordinance was changed in 2023 at the behest of activists with the Safer Sex Spaces Coalition, who argued that it targeted same-sex partnerships and individuals with HIV and AIDS, the Tribune reported.
Additionally, the Safer Sex Spaces Coalition argued that the ban discouraged outreach to communities and drove sex-related gatherings to “unsafe and inaccessible spaces.”
“The Minneapolis Health Department and other public health organizations acknowledge this ordinance is no longer the tool needed to promote public health. Social science research tells us that commercial sex spaces, like gay saunas, are important for promoting safer sex practices, enhancing HIV prevention, and increasing access to testing and treatment.
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Bath House Barry?
Makes me think of fire and brimstone.
“Allowing sexual activity?” I’ve got news for these reporters…
Dress up women in Burkas and post pictures of them going in. They will be shut down pronto.
I am starting to wonder if this was how Sodom and Gomorrah started...
Why not? Their congressional representative was married to her own brother.
obama will be there.
Minneapolis is the San Francisco of the Midwest.
Waiting to see the Minnesota Visitors and Convention Bureau’s marketing campaign for this
smiles smiles
(can they out- Californicate San Fransicko?)
The Obozo will be first in line
Me too.
A Lot
/sorry, feeling salty
I thought the “gay” hook-up apps took the place of bathhouses?
Here is yet another news article. Our favorite judge.
Man who co-founded Mexican drug cartel with ‘El Mencho’ pleads guilty in U.S. to conspiracy charge
A California man who co-founded one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the U.S. to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge. Erick Valencia Salazar formed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel with Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the drug lord known as El Mencho who was killed by the Mexican army in February. Valencia Salazar, 49, of Santa Clara faces a mandatory-minimum prison sentence of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison after pleading guilty in Washington, D.C., to one count of conspiring to distribute cocaine for U.S. importation. Chief Judge James Boasberg is scheduled to sentence him on July 31. Valencia Salazar was a member of the Milenio cartel before he and Oseguera Cervantes founded the Jalisco cartel. Hundreds of members reported to Valencia Salazar, whose duties included recruitment and obtaining information about cartel rivals, prosecutors said. Valencia Salazar, also known as El 85, formed his own cartel, La Nueva Plaza, after parting ways with El Mencho, who led the Jalisco cartel until his death.
Is the Minneapolis Somali-Muslim population OK with this?
“The ordinances in question would remove “stigmatizing language”“
None of this is sensible rather it purely political and an attack on western values.
Remember, the argument was that “bathhouses” and other locations to hookup with sexual partners was the result of not allowing queers to “marry.” Well, they have had that for over a decade now, and they still want to be dangerously promiscuous.
They never wanted to be grafted into the expectations of normal marriage, despite their disingenuous arguments.
BTW, I’ve run the numbers. Virtually every “gay,” even the “married” ones, have an active Grindr account.
SMH.
The musscum pedophiles sanctuary!
Hmmm. I’m a bit surprised it wasn’t legal already.
So they really are going to have a leering center.
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