[IronKros]

What happened to common decency?

[Edgerunner]

This is silly...

[samtheman]

The ACLU shows its true colors, once again.

Gays, child molesters, commies and traitors. Those are the only people with civil rights in the eyes of the ACLU.

[day10]

Is this satire?

[mewzilla]

And some folks wonder why moms bring their little boys into the ladies’ room with them...

[ml/nj]

How 'bout the folks who want to use this public facility for its intended purpose? What sort of reasonable expectations do they have?

ML/NJ

[ConorMacNessa]

What happens in a toilet stall should stay in a toilet stall? The ACLU has finally settled at its true level.

[lonestar]

What happened to common decency?

The ACLU declared war on it.

[CharlesWayneCT]

He didn’t have sex, nor was he PLANNING to have sex, IN THE STALLS. That was simply where the alleged SOLICITATION to have sex took place.

I think the ACLU would have a better shot at arguing that returning a solicitation from someone for sex has an expectation of privacy, rather than arguing that actually putting two people in a stall raises an expectation of privacy.

[CORedneck]

I'll tap my foot against sex in the bathrooms.

However, I will tap my foot for use a toilet stall for its original purpose - elimination of human waste and redoing bathroom stalls to have basically full length doors and partitions and no cracks between the door and partition. The full length partition/door prevents the playing of footsie and no cracks prevents someone from peeking in.

[sauropod]

Disgusting.

[Robe]

people who have sex in public bathrooms have an expectation of privacy.

pub·lic /ˈpʌblɪk/

1. of, pertaining to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
2. done, made, acting, etc., for the community as a whole: public prosecution.
3. open to all persons: a public meeting.
4. of, pertaining to, or being in the service of a community or nation, esp. as a government officer: a public official.
5. maintained at the public expense and under public control: a public library; a public road.
6. generally known: The fact became public.
7. familiar to the public; prominent: public figures.
8. open to the view of all; existing or conducted in public: a public dispute.
9. pertaining or devoted to the welfare or well-being of the community:

Am I missing something here ?????

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

All participants in this are disgusting: Craig, the ACLU, and the undercover cop.

[PLD]

So if this is a private thing does that mean I can go into the private area and shot the perverts since that would be private to me..

Folks this is getting way out of control we have to figure out how to out smart the commie ACLU..People have a problem letting their little boys go into these restrooms alone as it is..

[ripley]

one wonders if the aclu would ever stand up for the principal that income is private property which should not be subject to seizure by the government.

[cschroe]

I'm no fan of the ACLU, and I find this argument outrageous, BUT, their brief isn't coming up with this argument out of the blue, they are merely citing a previously decided MN Supreme Court case and asking that Craig be judged under that precedent. As the story notes:

It cited a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling 38 years ago that found that people who have sex in closed stalls in public restrooms "have a reasonable expectation of privacy."

Sound legal strategy. What's really outrageous is that the MN Supreme Court, in 1970 made the ruling being referenced!

[Paleo Conservative]

Yeah, that's the ticket.

[Paleo Conservative]

But I’m confused. Is Craig now claiming that he intended to have sex in the men’s room at MSP airport?

[Psycho_Bunny]

It's reasonable to argue that there should be an expectation of privacy in the stall you're occupying but he wasn't arrested for having sex in the stall with the officer:  he was arrested for soliciting sex from within his stall to someone outside his stall.

Objection circumvented.

[Unam Sanctam]

I strongly disagree. People should have no expectation of privacy when engaging in sexual activity in public bathrooms, parks, etc. Get a room if you have to!

[dba.adabas]

From the article

...public bathrooms have an expectation of privacy

hmmmm...