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![]() Just Above Sunset
August 7, 2005 - Roberts Did What?
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While blithely snapping
aerial photographs over Los Angeles Harbor from a the front seat of the Goodyear blimp, "Spirit if America," much was happening
in the other real world on Thursday, August 4. Richard Serrano in the Los
Angeles Times reported that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts was a key player in a 1996 pro bono case involving gay rights: Gay rights activists
at the time described the court's 6-3 ruling as the movement's most important legal victory. The dissenting justices were
those to whom Roberts is frequently likened for their conservative ideology: Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia
and Clarence Thomas. Say what? It's probably a sign
of my slow deterioration into political senility that I'm less interested in the actual story here than I am in the meta-story.
Why did Serrano write this piece? Who suggested it to him? And why did they suggest it? And the New York Times
picks up the story the next day with additional detail: Judge John G. Roberts
Jr., the Supreme Court nominee, gave advice to advocates for gay rights a decade ago, helping them win a landmark 1996 ruling
protecting gay men and lesbians from state-sanctioned discrimination. Yep, watch the White House
scramble to his defense, and the religious right worry - is something going on here? Over at Manhattan Offender
you can find How gay is this guy? - there Roberts' background is reviewed and we get this: "My early years were very similar and, dude, I'm a total 'mo." This just shows how out
of touch I am these days with the mainstream (or should I say the sewer main?) of American politics. I thought the big scandal
was Roberts's failure to disclose his services to the all-powerful sunscreen lobby. But apparently being a corporate whore, and trying to hide it, can't hold a candle to the heinous sin of litigating on behalf
of equal rights, and then trying to hide that. Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride. |
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