Barney Frank clarifies why Scalia is a homophobe on his house.gov website

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Apologies if already posted.
I just read this on his house.gov page and it's pretty damning for Scalia:

http://www.house.gov/frank/scalia.html

"... In those two virulent dissents, Justice Scalia denounced the court majorities not simply for finding that it was unconstitutional to discriminate based on sexual orientation in cases involving political rights and the right to private consensual sex, but he also made it clear that in his view sex discrimination is not only permitted by the Constitution but is very much in society’s interest because homosexuality deserves to be treated with not only disapproval, but legal disability."

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

1. I surely didn't need the clarification, but I'm glad he backed up his statements

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3. yeah, he basically says that Scalia isn't a homophobe because of DOMA but because of

his justifications for his positions on many issues, basically that Scalia thinks it's constitutional to discriminate against gays.

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[rurallib]

4. crawl back under your rock, you sub human

[YDogg]

5. IBTTS

[Deep13]

6. Deep13 clarifies why Barney Frank ROCKS!

Not that it isn't clear already. He has been talking truth to power for 30 years.

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7. I know! "It is of course possible for reasonable people to differ over what the Constitution ...

... requires in these cases. But the point is that Justice Scalia goes far beyond simply denying that there is a constitutional right here..."


He's beloved here in Massachusetts. My Congressperson Rep Capuano is pretty intense, but humorless compared to Frank.

[imdjh]

8. I thought it was because Scalia has a son who MIGHT BE gay. (and a priest)