GOP Senator Pleaded Guilty After Restroom Arrest

Paul Kane / The Washington Post:
Sen. Larry E. Craig pleaded guilty earlier this month to misdemeanor disorderly-conduct charges stemming from his June arrest by an undercover police officer in a men's restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Craig issued a statement confirming his arrest and guilty plea, which were reported in the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call. Sodomite activist, Mike Rogers, who runs the Web site BlogActive.com, has complained about Craig's opposition to sodomite rights. The "conservative" senator has supported an amendment to the Constitution banning same-sex marriage and voted for the Defense of Marriage Act in the 1990s. Craig, who served in the National Guard, has also spoken out against homosexuals serving in the military. Craig was a member of the "Singing Senators," a Republican barbershop quartet. It included Sen. Trent Lott (Miss.) and then-Sen. John D. Ashcroft (Mo.), who broke up the group when he was named attorney general.

Related:
Sen. Larry Craig Quits Romney Campaign
After Pleading Guilty to Homosexual Crime
Erika Bolstad / Idaho Statesman
Sen. Larry Craig agreed today to resign as the U.S. Senate co-chairman of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. Craig served as co-chair with Robert Bennett of Utah. "He did not want to be a distraction and we accept his decision," said Romney’s communications director, Matt Rhoades. The arrest, first reported this afternoon in the magazine Roll Call, occurred June 11 at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Flashback - July 26, 2007
Romney Acknowledges He's A Sodomite-Enabler
Kevin Landrigan / The Nashua Telegraph
Republican hopeful Mitt Romney said he's not anti-gay but has never supported legalizing marriage for homosexuals. "I know there are some who say that is a difference, my view, and it is the view I have had from the very beginning. I have opposed gay marriage from the beginning," Romney said Wednesday during a question-and-answer forum at the Lincoln Financial Group. But Ray Fortier of Manchester accused Romney of cozying up to the gay community and giving the impression he was supportive while running for governor in 2002.

Posted by Editor at August 28, 2007 06:42 AM