Scalia: ‘Don’t Paint Me As Anti-Gay’

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing; "Considering the Role of Judges Under the Constitution of the Unit... Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing; "Considering the Role of Judges Under the Constitution of the United States." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci MORE LESS
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Thursday that he doesn’t want to be seen as “anti-gay,” according to the Washington Post.

“Don’t paint me as anti-gay or anti-abortion or anything else,” Scalia said during an appearance with fellow Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at George Washington University, the Post reported.

Scalia also said the question of whether gays should have the right to marry or whether women should have the right to an abortion “isn’t the issue,” the Washington Blade reported.

“I don’t have any public views on any of those things,” Scalia said, according to the Blade. “The point is, who decides? Should these decisions be made by the Supreme Court without any text in the Constitution or any history in the Constitution to support imposing on the whole country, or is it a matter left to the people?”

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  1. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    Scalia: ‘Don’t Paint Me As Anti-Gay’

    Old fool is a better description.

    It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool.
    But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize
    what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.

    ~Harold MacMillan

    Hmm. Upon consideration?
    Bigoted old fool.

    jw1

  2. “I don’t have any public views on any of those things,” Scalia said, according to the Blade. “The point is, who decides? Should these decisions be made by the Supreme Court without any text in the Constitution or any history in the Constitution to support imposing on the whole country, or is it a matter left to the people?”

    It’s not like that’s ever held you back before, Tony :shit:

  3. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    “. . .nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without
    due process of law; nor deny to any person within its
    jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” (14th Amendment)

    Unless Justice Scalia refuses to define LGBT individuals as “persons,” there is clearly text in the Constitution protecting their rights, including the right to the equal protections accorded people who are married.

  4. Should these decisions be made by the Supreme Court without any text in the Constitution or any history in the Constitution to support imposing on the whole country

    Sure, don’t paint him as anti-gay, but letting gays marry would be an imposition, and marriage equality is somehow outside the equal protection clause and other protections for individual rights.

  5. “I don’t have any public views on any of those things,” Scalia said

    What are his private views?

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