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Local religious group suing city to remove outdoor urinals at Dolores Park (SF)
Not The Onion!
Littering might be most people's biggest problem with Dolores Park, but one local religious group hates those new urinals so much that they're suing the city to get them removed.
In a civil complaint filed last Thursday by the San Francisco Chinese Christian Union, the urinals are called an "illegal and wasteful expenditure of public funds" as well as "offensive to the senses" and "grossly unseemly."
As the SF City Attorney notes in a very snarky press release, the San Francisco Chinese Christian Union has been identified as an "anti-LGBT hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
"If I had to predict the top 100 things in Dolores Park likely to offend these plaintiffs, I wouldn't have guessed that this would make the cut," City Attorney spokesman Matt Dorsey says in the release.
In a civil complaint filed last Thursday by the San Francisco Chinese Christian Union, the urinals are called an "illegal and wasteful expenditure of public funds" as well as "offensive to the senses" and "grossly unseemly."
As the SF City Attorney notes in a very snarky press release, the San Francisco Chinese Christian Union has been identified as an "anti-LGBT hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
"If I had to predict the top 100 things in Dolores Park likely to offend these plaintiffs, I wouldn't have guessed that this would make the cut," City Attorney spokesman Matt Dorsey says in the release.
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but at least it has a nice view!
The suit apparently claims that "...the pissoir is not compliant with plumbing codes, has no hand-washing amenities, is not wheelchair-accessible and discriminates against women because, well, it's a urinal." (SFGate Link)
It will be interesting to see how this turns out. The pissoir seems to me like a good idea, and I've seen/used them in other countries without concern, but this double-talking suit might have some sort of legal merit...
Maybe as a guy, it's kind of a guy thing (no, not for all guys) but (TMI moment), I can pee anyplace if I gots to go!
Ahhh, memories...of the days as a kid and we had LOTS of property...peeing on trees or in the creek!
Hey, I warned ya, TMI!
