Craig was arrested essentially for signaling another person in a public bathroom, ‘Yes, I’d like to have sex.’ No sex did actually occur, and apparently there was no mention of exchanging money as part of the act, either. Someone merely asked the senator (non-verbally) if he wanted to have sex, and he said yes.

Now, if a woman sitting next to me in some unisex bathroom tapped my foot, or did something similar on the subway, or otherwise sent the nonverbal signal, ‘Do you want to have sex?’ would either of us be arrested? Probably not. Things like this happen in bars on Saturday nights; it’s called flirtation, even if it’s extremely forward.

Now, I still think Craig is a hypocrite for his anti-gay views and is lying about not understanding what a guilty plea means, and, alas, not nearly as many women as I’d have liked came on to me in bars in my single days. But it is food for thought.