I actually want Roberts to win Nomination

[Guest BlackJesus]

[b]Ever since President Bush announced his selection of Judge John G. Roberts, Jr., as his Supreme Court nominee, speculation over whether Judge Roberts might be gay has run rampant throughout the internet and late night comedy world. This caused me to compile a list of the evidence people are pointing out on the Net......


[quote]1. Despite being good looking for his age (according to most women asked), brilliant, rich, and nice according to most -- in other words, prime marriage material -- Judge Roberts didn't get married until the relatively late age of 41.


2. His wife is ugly and he could have "married someone hotter" according to most women on the net.  According to a UTR correspondent who used to work at Hogan & Hartson, Judge Roberts's former law firm, "many of the older [Hogan] attys are married to good-looking 20-somethings after having dumped their first wives."


3. Judge and Mrs. Roberts have adopted rather than have biological children. (The "theory" behind this fact, it seems, is that we therefore have no "proof" of the consummation of the Roberts' marriage.)


4. Judge Roberts has associated with gay people in the past:

(a) As everyone knows by now, he did pro bono work on behalf of gay rights activists, helping out colleagues in their preparation of court filings and oral argument in Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996).

( b ) While Judge Roberts was at Harvard, his pre-law advisor was William LaPiana, a law professor at New York Law School and an openly gay man.

( c ) "Roberts has had at least one gay (male) clerk while sitting on the D.C. Cir.



5. Finally, in terms of evidence of gayness, let's not leave out the notorious plaid pants.[/quote]


--> So there's certainly some grist for the "Judge Roberts is gay" rumor mill in the nominee's past (even if much of it is of dubious value). And now, tomorrow's edition of New York Times will throw more fuel on the fire, in the form of this rather interesting article about Judge Roberts's time at Harvard and what it was like to be a campus conservative there during the 1970's.

There are two noteworthy aspects of this article from the "John Roberts Is Gay" point of view. First, check out the provocative third paragraph -- surprisingly high placement, essentially part of the lede -- of Janny Scott's piece:

[i]"Conservatives were like the queers on campus," said Eric Rofes, a classmate of Judge Roberts who later became an organizer on gay issues. "People made fun of them. They mocked them and saw them as jokers or losers. I don't think in the moment many people realized this was the start of an ascending movement. People felt it was like the last cry of the 1950's."[/i]

Second, directly to the left of the foregoing paragraph in the online version of the article is a photograph (courtesy Don Scherer) showing Judge Roberts hanging out on Martha's Vineyard with two gay looking male friends, Don Scherer and Richard Lazarus.

If you question the basis for deeming this picture "gay-looking," check out the photo for yourself ........
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[color="purple"][i]"Only Gay Men pose with Food, unless they just killed it"[/i]
--- Bill Maher[/color]

Look at those smiling buff friends snuggled next to the next Supreme Court Justice on Martha's Vinyard displaying the groumet meal they just made, and THEY will tell you. Now let's hope Roberts is actually confirmed before he's outed like a certain New Jersey Governor! Some legacy for Christian hero W. -- seating the first GAY Supreme Court Justice! The irony is priceless ![/b]

[Guest BlackJesus]

[b]Man Bush is a fuck up .... he can't even pick a right wing Bigot correctly .... [/b]


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[|Bunghole|]

I hope Roberts IS gay, not to make Dubya look bad, but to bring some levity to the Supreme Court...

[Guest oldschooler]

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[Guest bengalrick]

who cares if he's gay?? the point of the supreme court isn't to push your agenda, but to push our founding fathers agenda... if someone does that throughout his life, and will do the same on the supreme court, i don't care if its a transvestite...

[ChicagoBengal]

[quote name='Bunghole' date='Sep 22 2005, 07:47 AM']I hope Roberts IS gay, not to make Dubya look bad, but to bring some levity to the Supreme Court...
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I agree with you Bunghole...A gay justice would add some flair to those boring black robes. Fantastic!

[Homer_Rice]

[quote name='bengalrick' date='Sep 22 2005, 09:46 AM']who cares if he's gay?? the point of the supreme court isn't to push your agenda, but to push our founding fathers agenda... if someone does that throughout his life, and will do the same on the supreme court, i don't care if its a transvestite...
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I agree. He could even be a cross-dressing hermaphrodite, for all I care.