Now he is resigning (or not) and says that he pled guilty in error. But this whole issue raises a larger question than the hypocrisy of  a fervently homophobic, anti-gay rights senator being accused of soliciting homosexual encounters in a public bathroom.

Let's start with what the police were doing setting up traps in airport bathrooms. Why are police only setting up traps designed to catch male same-sex offenders?

Does nothing similar ever happen in the women's bathrooms?

And regardless of where one stands on the issue of homosexuality, shouldn't sexual come-ons and invitations either be legal or illegal, regardless of the location of the proposition or the sexes of those doing the propositioning or being propositioned?

If it's an arrestable crime to indicate one's sexual availability by tapping a foot in a bathroom stall, should it also be an arrestable crime to chat up someone of the same or opposite sex in an airport bar?

If foot-tapping is a crime, how about boorish come-on lines? (So, come here often?  Pardon me miss, I seem to have lost my phone number, could I borrow yours? I must be psychic because I see myself in your pants. How much does a polar bear weigh? Enough to break the ice -can I get your number? and on and on ad nauseum. What about sending a drink to someone's table?

Why are peoples' sensibilities so offended by same sex come-ons while heterosexual come-ons and invitations and mating rituals are ignored or tacitly applauded? When an unwelcomed and unsolicited come-on is proffered, the recipient behaves like a grown-up and either says yes, no thanks, politely, or says something less polite entirely but does not need to call airport security.

Who cares who taps their feet in public restrooms and who cares who hits on whom in public or in private? Don't we have real crimes and real issues to worry about?

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