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Developers move forward with sex club by re-labeling it a church

The Social Club, which tried to open a swingers club at 520 Lentz Drive in Madison, Tenn., will open as a church instead.
The Social Club, which tried to open a swingers club at 520 Lentz Drive in Madison, Tenn., will open as a church instead. The Social Club, which tried to open a swingers club at 520 Lentz Drive in Madison, Tenn., will open as a church instead.
photo The Social Club, which tried to open a swingers club at 520 Lentz Drive in Madison, Tenn., will open as a church instead.

MADISON, Tenn. — A group of Tennessee developers blocked from building a sex club next door to a Christian school has found a loophole allowing them to re-label the club as a church.

WSMV-TV reports developers fought for months to open a swinger’s club in a vacant building next to Goodpasture Christian School in Madison. The city council quickly passed a zoning amendment blocking the plans. But developers filed a new set of plans asking permission to renovate the building as a church. The plans were approved.

Goodpasture’s president says the plans are identical, but a room once labeled “the dungeon” is labeled a “choir room” and a former “game room” a “fellowship hall.”

Under city codes, before opening for business, the club will have to prove worship is actually taking place.