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Democrat Minneapolis Mayor Lifts Ban on Gay Sex Bathhouses
Breitbart ^ | 29 Jun 2026 | Olivia Rondeau

Posted on 06/30/2026 4:03:33 AM PDT by dennisw

An ordinance to repeal a ban on gay sex bathhouses in Minneapolis has been signed by Mayor Jacob Frey (D), who did so to support “our LGBTQIA+ neighbors.”

The prohibition on the adult facilities known for hosting sexual activity with strangers was originally passed in the city in 1988 as a response to the AIDS epidemic. Local leaders, including those who identified as gay, deemed the bathhouses too risky to be open to the public due to the rampant spread of disease.

When the “R-rated” bathhouses were banned nearly 40 years ago, the city had three, which the Washington Post says were “often frequented by gay men looking for sex.” San Francisco shut its venues down in 1984, and New York followed suit in 1985 as a measure to slow the transmission of HIV.

The Minneapolis City Council voted 9-2 on Thursday to do away with the ban, arguing that it is homophobic, Minnesota Public Radio reported. One council member abstained, and one was absent.

Frey, who had already indicated his support for reversing the ban, signed it when it came to his desk on Monday as a group of activists applauded.

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1 posted on 06/30/2026 4:03:33 AM PDT by dennisw
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Minneapolis = gay Mecca. No longer a paradise only for Somalia thieves n fraudsters.


2 posted on 06/30/2026 4:06:10 AM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard -There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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Democrat Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey officially proclaims the beginning of July as “Somali Culture Day;” the 35W bridge is frequently lit in the blue and white colors of the Somali flag.

Minneapolis hosts the largest Somali Independence Day celebration in the United States, usually marking the July 1 holiday with a massive street festival on West Lake Street.

The festivities typically feature live music, traditional dance, authentic Somali food, vendor booths, and an international soccer tournament. Celebrations typically span a full week (Somali Week), with the main street festival happening on the Saturday leading up to July 1.

Tens of thousands of Somali attendees gather to enjoy cultural performances, browse local businesses, and participate in community sports.


3 posted on 06/30/2026 4:10:18 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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4 posted on 06/30/2026 4:16:39 AM PDT by DFG
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Well, that’s one way to increase the average morality of society...
...permit all the immoral segments to eliminate themselves.


5 posted on 06/30/2026 4:18:31 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: dennisw

Sodom, meet Gomorrah…


6 posted on 06/30/2026 4:20:55 AM PDT by cld51860 ("This business will get out of control...")
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To: Liz
Somali Culture Day = Pirate Culture

Everyone should wear an eyepatch and a dew rag on Somali Culture Day.

Criminality is the Somali Culture.

7 posted on 06/30/2026 4:24:19 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: cld51860

No kidding. PURE EVIL!


8 posted on 06/30/2026 4:24:43 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: dennisw

Yay! Zoo sex is back!

Just in time to field test the HIV preventive medicines being pushed on late-night TV viewers around the country.

I bet they work well when taken as directed BUT, the rates of Monkey Pox, Syphilis, Chancroid/chlamydia, and antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea will rise faster than “pride” flags on June 1 and decrease slower than property taxes in socialist-occupied states.


9 posted on 06/30/2026 4:26:02 AM PDT by normbal (normbal. Non-native Tennessean.)
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Wonder how soon the CDC will announce the growth of drug resistant STDs?


10 posted on 06/30/2026 4:26:11 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Liz
Minneapolis hosts the largest Somali Independence Day celebration in the United States

Somalia has done great things since they gained independence.

They have become the Piracy capital of the world.

In Somalia a young boy dreams of the day when he to can pilot a small boat out on the ocean and capture a giant freighter and hold it for ransom.

11 posted on 06/30/2026 4:29:38 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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Sodom, meet Gomorrah…

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Behavior, meet consequences……

Gay bath houses used to be legal. They were banned for a reason


12 posted on 06/30/2026 4:34:57 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: dennisw

Jacob Frey = back scrubber


13 posted on 06/30/2026 4:35:01 AM PDT by Mashood
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I wonder what the muslims will say about this.


14 posted on 06/30/2026 4:41:53 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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I wonder what the muslims will say about this.


nothing until the perverts are no longer useful.


15 posted on 06/30/2026 4:43:51 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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Minneapolis…giving Ithicaa run for the title of “City of Evil”!


16 posted on 06/30/2026 4:48:05 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (“Time to Play Cowboys and Snowflakes!”)
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Minneapolis is a traitorous cesspool of a city in a traitorous cesspool of a state.

Good people need to flee that cesspool. And don’t look back.


17 posted on 06/30/2026 4:48:29 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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Tinning the herd


18 posted on 06/30/2026 4:50:37 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (The point of a gun is the only law that leftists understand )
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Minneapolis = gay Mecca. No longer a paradise only for Somalia thieves n fraudsters.

Somehow, Minnesota has been a Democrat stronghold for longer than most Freepers have been alive.

19 posted on 06/30/2026 4:53:07 AM PDT by fso301
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Good people need to flee that cesspool. And don’t look back.

That seems to have happened in the early-mid 20th century. Since then, Minnesota has been a Leftist stronghold.

20 posted on 06/30/2026 5:04:11 AM PDT by fso301
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