Scalia a Homophobe?


	Scalia a Homophobe?

sillysam

3-24-2009 4:58 PM

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3-25-2009 12:36 AM

n2sooners

Yes he does.

3-25-2009 10:50 AM

dl211

If thinking Barney Frank is a disgusting freak of nature makes me homophobic - then I gladly accept the honor.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/912e8c02-bb9a-4c4b-ac1d-f58dd7df39ba/A291E334-B182-407B-9712-076F621EC31C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://corner.nationalreview.com/" href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">corner.nationalreview.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://corner.nationalreview.com/"><P class="MsoNormal">Barney Frank’s <A href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SCOTUS_FRANK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">attack</A> on Justice Scalia as a “homophobe” is inane at several levels:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://corner.nationalreview.com/"><P class="MsoNormal">First, the term “homophobe” is an ugly epithet designed to stigmatize (“<EM>he’s</EM> the sicko”) those who don’t embrace the homosexual agenda.<SPAN> </SPAN>It’s intended to cut off serious discussion, not to promote it.<SPAN> </SPAN>It doesn’t belong in public discourse.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://corner.nationalreview.com/"><P class="MsoNormal">Second, Frank uses his epithet in the course of expressing his concern that a Supreme Court that includes Scalia might not strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The Defense of Marriage Act was approved by overwhelming majorities in each House of Congress (<A href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=104&session=2&vote=00280">85-14</A> in the Senate, <A href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1996/roll316.xml">342-67</A> in the House) in 1996 and signed into law by President Clinton.<SPAN> </SPAN>Senators in favor of DOMA included Biden, Bradley, Daschle, Kohl, Leahy, Levin, Lieberman, Mikulski, Murray, Reid, Sarbanes, and Wellstone.<SPAN>  </SPAN>Millions and millions of voters in state after state have acted to preserve traditional marriage.<SPAN> </SPAN>Does Frank regard all these Americans as “homophobes”?</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A291E334-B182-407B-9712-076F621EC31C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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