You've got to laugh.
Today Senator Larry Craig, R-Idaho, insisted once again that he is not gay. He's been insisting since 1982.
This is the man who, at the height of the Clinton impeachment trial said, "Bad boy, Bill Clinton, you're a naughty boy. The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy, a naughty boy. I'm going to speak out for the citizens of my state, who in the majority think that Bill Clinton is probably even a nasty, bad, naughty boy."
Um… that's some pretty dirty talk Senator, would you like your leather paddle?
This is the man who, while in a bathroom stall of a Minneapolis airport this summer, allegedly played footsie with an undercover police officer in the stall next to him and then reached his hand under the stall.
This is the man who, according to the Idaho Statesman, engaged in homosexual acts in a train station bathroom (there's just something sexy about public transportation) and solicited men at Boise sporting goods stores.
Hypocritically this is also the man who voted for basically every anti-gay law or bill in the last 20 years.
This all seems so familiar.
Remember Mark Foley? You know, the Florida republican congressman who sent sexually explicit messages to underage male pages while crusading against child abuse?
Or maybe you remember the evangelical church leader, Ted Haggart, who allegedly solicited sex and methamphetamines from a male prostitute while condemning homosexuals to hell in his sermons?
It seems that hypocrisy is a malady affecting self-righteous people everywhere. It's not hard to understand why these folks campaign so diligently against their own perceived flaws, but it is a little sad that through their actions they are continuing to foster the attitudes that kept them from being open about their sexuality in the first place.
We at The State Press can't debate whether being gay is right or wrong in the eyes of God. Not being God, we aren't sure what he (or she) thinks.
However it's not wrong in the eyes of psychologists. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV, homosexuality is no longer listed as a disorder.
And finally, if it wasn't for the hatred and fear-mongering of men like the ones above, homosexuality would most likely be much less of an issue than it is today politically.
Ironically this would mean that Larry Craig could be open about his sexuality. Which would, probably, allow him to refrain from getting his kicks in public bathrooms.
