July 14, 2008
ENGLAND IS GOING TO THE DOGS:
Plans to clear undergrowth from gay sex spot branded discriminatory (Richard Alleyne, 08/07/2008, Daily Telegraph)
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.
Well, both sides do want to preserve habitat for animals. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 14, 2008 6:56 PM
It blows my mind (ahem) that they would actually say this publicly.
Posted by: Bartman at July 15, 2008 7:51 AMWouldn't be surprised if it becomes a place for performance art with tourists flocking to see the show.
Posted by: erp at July 15, 2008 8:36 AMNo doubt "dogging" is one of those words that's perfectly acceptable when gays use it but a hate crime when anybody who's read Deuteronomy 23:18 lately uses it. It's probably also a hate crime to wonder whether "encouraging rare wildlife" is a euphemism for predator reintroduction.
Posted by: Random Lawyer at July 15, 2008 9:12 AM
And so the homosexual lobby comes head-to-head (ahem) with the environmental lobby.
Posted by: Mikey at July 14, 2008 10:19 PM