29.9.04

Wait...What?

So though I am loathe to both
this is too good to resist:
Scalia ridiculed the European Court of Human Rights’ 2000 decision striking down British legislation that bars group gay sex on the grounds that the law intruded upon private life.

He asked—rhetorically—how many individuals would have to be involved in a sex act for it to no longer qualify as “private.”

“Presumably it is some number between five and the number of people required to fill the Coliseum,” Scalia joked.

An audience member later rose to ask Scalia “whether you have any gay friends, and—if not—whether you’d like to be my friend.”

“I probably do have some gay friends,” Scalia said. “I’ve never pressed the point.”

But Scalia said his personal views on social issues have no bearing on his courtroom decisions.

“I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged,” Scalia said.

“But it is blindingly clear that judges have no greater capacity than the rest of us to decide what is moral.”

Scalia graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1960 and become the first Italian-American Supreme Court justice in 1986.


Wait...what? Let's back up there for a second:

“I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged,” Scalia said.

Um...um...exactly what the fuck am I supposed to make of this?
Just a reminder; this is what Bush said about Scalia in 2000:

Of Scalia, who staunchly opposes abortion, Bush said:

"The reason I like him so much is I got to know him here in Austin when he came down" for a visit, Bush said. "He's witty, he's interesting, he's firm."

Um...someone else pick up this ball and run with it, please...





Comments:
justice scalia: love machine. who knew? i would have paid more attention to his arguements when i took con law if i knew he was another dirty (republican) sex fiend. at least he's "firm".

ps - not for nothing, but the crimson have their own building, their own printing press in the basement, a deck for grilling food, lotsa gin, and a giant meeting room with big heavy wood chairs, one of which has pres. roosevelt's name in the back, from when he was EIC. my jealousy is 50/50 with my urge to torch the place.
 
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