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Much has been made of Idaho Senator Larry Craig’s arrest a few months back for soliciting sex from an undercover police officer in an airport bathroom. Craig pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for disorderly conduct hoping the whole incident would go away and it may have except for the work of certain bloggers. The furor over the incident has risen to such heights that Craig announced his resignation on Saturday.

There have been many stories written about Craig’s problems, with most taking either the “he didn’t do it” side and he should be left alone or the “he did do it” side and he should suffer the consequences, and all that is fine. However, what really bothers me in all this is the attitude of people like Ariana Huffington of the Huffington Post. In her post yesterday Huffington questioned whether is was a good use of law enforcement to stop illicit sex in airport restrooms in the age of terrorism. Huffington claims to be no fan of Craig but feels that law enforcement resources would be better served elsewhere. Interesting coming from a woman who married a man she allegedly didn’t know was gay and then divorced him taking millions from him in the process. I wonder how Huffington would feel if she had a son using an airport restroom that was suddenly approached by a man looking for sex. Sex in public places is illegal regardless of whether its straight or gay. Clearly Huffington is not thinking clearly.

Whatever your opinion of Craig’s behavior, law enforcement has a duty to protect the public from sexual predators, and soliciting sex in a restroom is predatory. Huffington and anyone that feels the same way about the use of police in this case is just plain dumb.