Anonymous White House spokespeople have denied that Obama's latest SCOTUS nominee is a lesbian but many observers detect a Nixonian ring to such denials. Andrew Sullivan is apparently one of them:
"And yet we have been told by many that she is gay ... and no one will ask directly if this is true and no one in the administration will tell us definitively.
In a word, this is preposterous - a function of liberal cowardice and conservative discomfort. It should mean nothing either way. Since the issue of this tiny minority - and the right of the huge majority to determine its rights and equality - is a live issue for the court in the next generation, and since it would be bizarre to argue that a Justice's sexual orientation will not in some way affect his or her judgment of the issue, it is only logical that this question should be clarified.
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She has certainly been vigorous in her defence of homosexuality and cases upcoming will involve it so she should recuse herself from such cases if she really is a lesbian. Is she staying in the closet so she will NOT have to recuse herself? For once, I think I agree with Sullivan.
Posted by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
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