Thank you Scott for taking on this issue. This cleans
up alot of messes that the ordinance was creating for
transgender, transexual, intersex and other gender
minority individuals in our community.
Based on testimony from the disabled community at the
hearing the other day, many disabled individuals who
utilize personal care assistants will now be able to
go out without fear of not being able to relieve
themselves should the need arise.
I was stunned by the testimony of some of the very
real problems this created for individuals at dining
and entertainment establishments in Minneapolis.
I also hope it will change the strange situation of
that lead to the city facing a costly discrimination
suit ending with a result that in my opinion(I'm not a
lawyer) was clearly unjust as well as lead to the loss
of a quality officer.
David Strand
Loring Park
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> Wow, I never thought that moving seven words ("for
> an illegal, immoral or
> unlawful purpose") from the end of the bathroom
> ordinance to the middle of the
> ordinance could possibly cause such a stir.
> Interestingly, the solution may be
> to abolish the ordinance putting Minneapolis in the
> same position as (gasp)
> the rest of the State of Minnesota. Now, I must
> admit that I haven't traveled
> to International Falls or Moorhead recently, so I
> cannot speak as to whether
> bathroom anarchy reigns in such exotic locations. I
> have, however, recently
> visited St. Paul, Fergus Falls, and my hometown of
> Dassel where it appears to me
> that, despite the lack of a similar ordinance and
> simply guided by State law,
> men mysteriously use the men's restroom and women
> use the women's restroom.
> Perhaps our intrepid reporters and the Minnesota
> Family Council who have
> created this "unisex bathroom" hysteria could go on
> a fact finding mission to see
> whether bathroom anarchy is a problem throughout the
> rest of the State and
> report back to us before we take this dire step.
>
> Scott Benson
> Council Member
> Ward 11
>
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