Larry Craig, Idaho senator pleads guilty after restroom incident

U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June in an investigation into lewd conduct conducted by Minnesota police in a men’s restroom there. Craig pleaded guilty earlier this month to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct following a June 11 incident in a Minnesota airport men’s room where police said he was giving hand and foot signals to a man in the next stall who was an undercover officer according to a report published today in Roll Call, which broke the story.

Craig supported both the Federal Marriage Amendment and a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage in Idaho. He has stated previously that he doesn’t support non-discrimination and hate crimes legislation and would not pledge that his office would not discriminate against gays.

Some gay rights activists spoke out Monday against Craig. Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force called Craig an “infuriating pathetic hypocrite.” Craig's arrest and guilty plea has already had repercussions for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts.