The part that grosses me out isn’t the semi-public sex, it’s the location. I don’t even like to put my purse down on the floor in the women’s room, let alone any part of my body. Germs, yuck!

Which is unsurprising, really, as this ‘family values’ nonsense is only actually about homophobia and misogyny. If a straight man is getting his rocks off, they don’t care.

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However, at what point did we become so frightened that we lost the ability to chew out someone engaging in socially unacceptable behavior? Social censure is very powerful. Why involve the police?

An aside: Heterosexual people often do the dirty in public restrooms, and you never seem to hear about anything happening to them. That said, I have kids too…it shouldn’t be happening.

On ocassion, mother nature calls while I am out and about town, and I find the need to use a public restroom.

I’ve seen guys getting it on in there. I’ve had guys peaking in the stall I’m occupying. I’ve had someone slide their feet under the divider.

I don’t like it. And it’s more than just a little creepy. I am one of those types who drops a dime on the perverts. Yes, that is what they are: perverts.

I see no police abuse. I listened to the tape recording of the interrogation. The police were in there for a legitimate law enforcement purpose: there were complaints about lewd behavior in the men’s room.

I don’t believe Larry Craig. Who the heck picks up paper from the floor of a public restroom? Certainly not a self-important US Senator. And his claim that his feet went under the stall next-door because his ass is wide is equally unbelieveable. The guy was cruising for a bit of man action.

Whether or not he’s gay is irrelevant. What is relevant is that lewd behavior by a US Senator in a public restroom is not something which should be swept under the rug. Too often we sweep the bad behavior of the powerful under the rug, all the while putting less powerful people engaged in the exact same behavior behind bars. Larry Craig should, therefore, consider himself lucky.

His only punishment was a small fine and a bunch of people making fun of him. He did this to himself. He resigned of his own volition. I feel little more than pity for him.

But I am glad that in one town in this country, at least for a short while, there is a public restroom where the lewd behavior has come to an end. And, speaking as the parent of a small boy, I don’t need for him or me to see that type of activity when all we are trying to do is answer Mother Nature’s call.

meow.