On Monday July 9, gay rights activists have launched a campaign against Fort Lauderdale mayor concerning his comments that tend to be insulting towards gays and lesbians. The uproar started after Mayor Naugle's comments in a July 4 article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel about the city's plan to buy a $250,000 self-cleaning robotic toilet for beachgoers, which could be programmed with a time limit, after which the door would fly open.
In the article, Naugle was quoted as saying the toilet could prevent "homosexual activity" that has occurred at other public restrooms. "Sometimes public restrooms are used for sexual activity, most of it is men meeting men because it's same-sex people in the bathrooms," Naugle said. Gay rights activists in the state have launched a drive to engulf the mayor with toilet paper to mock his comments.
Personally, I think that the mayor has made a very dumb decision for giving such a comment to the press. Whatever people do in the restroon no matter if they're gay or not is really none of his business as long as it doesn't affect anyone else. Now gay people are just going to be insulted for what he said which was totally unnecessary. Honestly, it is pretty nasty for people in the same gender to have sex, especially men. However, we should keep these comments to ourselves and not to insult or make fun of any specific group. I also don't agree with the plan on automatic restroom doors. What if the person needs to take longer than the time limit to take care of his business? I don't think it's such a good idea to have toilets with a time limit.
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I think it is wrong that they threw toilet paper to the major..
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