ACLU declares soliciting sex in restrooms a protected activity

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The ACLU's position stems from the arrest of Idaho Sen. Larry Craig who got caught in a police sting operation at the Minneapolis airport. Craig is asking the Minnesota Court of Appeals to let him withdraw a guilty plea to disorderly conduct and plead not guilty to the police charges.

Without commenting on the Craig incident, one side of me says that sex between consenting adults should be permitted as long as it is private and doesn't impact people who have their own expectation of privacy. The key is where the sexual activity takes place.

Consider the restroom stall, which certainly is a private space but one specifically designed for activities that have nothing to do with sex.

The ACLU argues that even if Craig did invite the undercover officer to have sex, his actions wouldn't be illegal. What about the right of the other person who wants privacy? Shouldn't this person reasonably expect to find a public restroom being used for its intended purpose? If the space were designed for sex it surely would be called something other than a restroom.

Fortunately, the ACLU brief is likely to go nowhere. What it does, however, is show how far the organization will go in support of people wanting to engage in this behavior anywhere and everywhere.

I say good for the ACLU! The more they do this the more we will see the organization for what it really is -- an enemy of all that's right in a country too often ridiculed for its immorality.