National Coming Out Day, an annual event sponsored by HRC and GLSEN, is next Thursday, October 11, 2007. Maybe that’s why Senator Larry Craig has announced that he will not resign from the US Senate even though his Minnesota guilty plea to attempted bathroom sex has not been dismissed.
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) has changed his mind about resigning and will remain in the Senate through next year. His decision comes on the same day a Minnesota judge ruled Craig could not withdraw his guilty plea to disorderly conduct in a men’s restroom at a Minnesota airport.
Craig had previously said he would resign if he could not withdraw his guilty plea and take the matter to a full trial.
If he came out as a gay man in public next Thursday (and then resigned for his toilet stall scandal) he might be able to do some good not only for himself but also for a lot of frightened young men.