Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions said he'd consider an out gay SCOTUS nom

Tony Perkins said WHAT?

He doesn't want a nominee "who will promote a personal agenda"? Can we say "hypocrite"???

The reicht claims progressive judges are "activist", yet conservative ones like Scalito, Sclalia, Roberts, Thomas, ad nauseum aren't activist judges??? Don't you just love their double standard?

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by: Marlene @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 11:09:43 AM CDT

No...

actually I HATE their double-standard, and the fact that seemingly so many Americans either choose to ignore it or are either too thick or (more normally) too brainwashed to recognise it.

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by: tavdy79 @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 14:01:40 PM CDT

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John Thune

said Obama should "play it down the middle"?

WTF, did Bush play it down the middle with Roberts and Alito?

Well, that's the problem, isn't it.  The reougs actually think that Roberts and Alito are "down the middle".  And, that anyone even slightly to the left of Roberts and Alito are flaming liberal activist ideologues according to the repugs.

It's the same type of definition they have for bipartisanship.  To them it means doing everythign the repugs want.

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by: timNC @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 11:13:41 AM CDT

But a closeted hermit like Souter would be just fine?

I'm just sayin'

Question:  What does an atheist do when they fall to the floor and start "speaking in tongues"?

Answer: Get a CAT scan.

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by: Snooky Ookums @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 11:13:51 AM CDT

i'd like to see Obama select

an out lesbian hispanic.  Hit all the minorities in one selection.  But, also make sure she is very young and very healthy so that she will outlast Roberts and Alito.

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by: timNC @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 11:35:22 AM CDT

Hehe yea

But I would say an out lesbian, half Hispanic/half black, with a nose ring and a tattoo with the word Darwin on her right forearm.  

Now that would make the right sh*t a brick.

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by: Will St. James @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 11:42:57 AM CDT

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Well, we could have one, but not the other.

This time around, anyway.  Pam Karlan or Kathleen Sullivan, on the lesbian side.  Sonia Sotomayor or Kim McLane Wardlaw on the latina side.  I'd say Sotomayor has a good chance.  One thing's for (almost) sure: the replacement for Souter will be a woman.

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by: Pollyanna @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 13:04:58 PM CDT

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well i thought we were supposed

to be real good at recruiting.   LOL

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by: timNC @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 13:17:51 PM CDT

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I don't believe Sessions for a second

Of COURSE it would be an issue for them. They may not say it straight out, but we all know what "Activist judge" is code for.

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by: yesokay @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 12:18:51 PM CDT

Much ado about nothing

The Obama administration has floated the names of out gay people as being on the short list for a large number of appointments, including cabinet posts.  Not one has actually received the nod.  But I guess we're supposed to be quivering with gratitude at the mere mention.

I'd absolutely love to see an out lesbian on the SC.  And I'll happily eat my words if it happens.  It would go a long way toward making up for Obama's other betrayals and inaction.  But I'm not holding my breath, and neither should anyone else.

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by: QScribe @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 12:50:12 PM CDT

Off Topic

I have a question for all the legal minds out there.
On the subject of marriage equality. I am a gay man, if I wanted to marry my same sex partner here in Florida, we would not be allowed. Is that not discrimination based on my sex. After all, any woman in the US can marry any man in the US, so are they denying me the same right as any women has? And vice versa, for my Lesbian sisters out there.
I am not sure if I explained my thought clearly enough, but I think you understand what I mean. I am serious, why could this avenue not be explored?

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by: Thom @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 12:56:31 PM CDT

Taking that line of argument one step further...

I don't know of a single country which recognises "intersexed" or an equivalent as a valid legal gender. For genderqueer people like myself, born into the biological/legal gender they prefer sexually, marriage is out of the question - even though (from our perspective) we see ourselves as being of a different gender from our partners.

In theory you could go through the transition process, however that takes a long time, is expensive, very painful if surgery is involved, and actually not necessary for many genderqueer people.

If marriage was gender-blind my gender would not be a relevant part of the equation. A better option would be to abolish the concept of legal gender altogether, and view it as a purely biological oddity - however until there is real parity between the genders that cannot happen.

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by: tavdy79 @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 14:40:50 PM CDT

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Taking it another step

One woman, one man laws allow gay marriage as long as one of the partners is trans, but ban straight marriage in the case of one of the partners being trans.

So I can get gay married, but if for some reason I wanted to get a Jesusified "traditional" marriage that would be off limits, so even by orientation, the law is inconsistent.

That gives me an idea. We need to find the most treasonous Jesusified transperson we can find to complain about how the state wants to force them to get gay married against their religious beliefs.

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by: Cerberus @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 16:08:24 PM CDT

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Yeah, right.

This statement by Sessions sounds a lot like "OMG, the media has dug up all my past statements that make me sound like the love child of Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond.  I'd better say something to make people think I'm moderate, right away!"

Will he actually object to a GLBT SCOTUS nominee?  Damn right he will.  

But then again: Would he object if Obama nominated Orrin Hatch?  Sure.  Because anybody Obama nominates MUST be bad - it's the Republican Party's only remaining "core value."

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by: popebuck1 @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 12:59:29 PM CDT

I've never thought about it

...that's exactly the line I use when I'm using avoidance techniques in my friends/spouse relationships.  Guess I'll have to go apologize to a few people... since it looks sooo OBVIOUS and stupid when I see it in print.

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by: Marsha @ Thu May 07, 2009 at 13:48:37 PM CDT