From
Truth Wins Out:
In a recent lecture and book-reading at the American Enterprise
Institute, a conservative D.C. think tank, the notoriously controversial
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia rattled off a list
of hot-button issues that he considers no-brainers, tipping his hand
about how he’s likely to vote on any of the LGBT-related cases that are poised to be reviewed by the high court:
“The death penalty? Give me a break. It’s easy. Abortion?
Absolutely easy. Nobody ever thought the Constitution prevented
restrictions on abortion. Homosexual sodomy? Come on. For 200 years, it
was criminal in every state.”
For the record, I haven’t suddenly started entertaining
pie-in-the-sky hallucinations about Scalia casting a pro-equality vote. I
just think it’s more than a little imprudent to be making specific
comments about an issue that’s almost certain to go before the Supreme
Court in the upcoming term. And “homosexual sodomy?” Come on, Tony, show
some respect in the terminology you use. You’re supposed to be an
allegedly impartial arbiter of the law, not a hellfire-and-brimstone
fundamentalist preacher...
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