Craig to Have an Appeal

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has set Sept. 10 to hear arguments in Sen. Larry Craig’s bid to withdraw the guilty plea he entered after being busted in a gay sex-sting at the Minneapolis airport.
Craig, a three-term Republican from Idaho, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in August 2007 after he was accused of soliciting sex from an undercover police officer.
After his arrest and guilty plea became public, Craig held a news conference to say he is not gay and that he pleaded guilty only to avoid the scandal of a trial.
Craig then tried to withdraw his plea. A judge in Minnesota refused, saying Craig’s plea “was accurate, voluntary and intelligent, and … supported by the evidence.”
Craig appealed that ruling to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Craig has a long history of voting against every LGBT issue that came before the Senate and of supporting two attempts to pass an amendment to the US Constitution to bar gays from marrying.