Senator Larry Craig’s arrest has been widely reported and commended upon. Here are my thoughts:
I am bothered by the hypocrisy of a “family value” politicians soliciting sex in a public bathroom. But, I am more bothered by police-state tactics that led to Senator Craig’s arrest. I do not see that what he did rises to the level of "solicitation"; it was more like ‘flirting”.
He apparently gave secrete gay signals to the undercover cop. This looks like a case of entrapment. If a man in the next stall lets his foot go over into my stall I would move my foot away and that would be the end of it. If he put his hand under the divider partition, I would say in a strong voice, "May I help you?" and that would be the end of it.
I have a problem with efforts to catch gays flirting in the bathroom. Now, if Senator Craig had actually offered sex for cash or if he had been caught having bathroom sex, then I would think the police would be correct to arrest him. If he had said the words that were an offer to engage in oral sex, then perhaps that would justify an arrest. None of that happened.
The real story ought to be an overzealous policeman entraps a man for gay flirting.
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While I'm not gay and have no liking for their "life style", I believe that what happens between two consenting adults is NOT the business of any form of government and their "law enforcement" agencies. Ergo, Craig should never have been arrested in the first place. There is an old saying that should be first and foremost when passing laws..."Do as you please, harm no one". Where is the harm???
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