Lawyers can be the sleaziest of sleazy bastards – even while in the legislative womb. And would-be lawyer Stephen Dunne takes the cake. He's chalking his failed bar exam up to his bigotry. From Law.com and Pam Spaulding:
A Massachusetts bar examination applicant who claims he failed the test because he didn't answer a question about homosexual marriage and parenting is suing the test administration agency, the state Supreme Judicial Court and four individual justices for constitutional violations.[Stephen] Dunne claims his score of 268.866 on the November 2006 bar exam just missed the passing score of 270 points because he didn't follow the proscribed format for an unlawful question about gay marriage. Dunne said the question required applicants to "affirmatively accept, support and promote homosexual marriage and homosexual parenting." Dunne claims the defendants violated his First Amendment right to exercise his religion and violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution. He also claims their actions impose illegal state regulations on interstate commerce.
Same-sex marriage, meanwhile, remains legal in Massachusetts.
Dunne's now asking the state bar to overlook that "mistake" and grant him his license. He also wants a jury trial and "unspecified compensatory and punitive damages". They always do.
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What a twat.
"Grow up Heather, Suing is so '97."
He is being asked to support homosexuality in a HYPOTHETICAL situation to test his ability. I hope he doesn't win the case.
Hey Sparky,
Pick any of the other 49 states to practice your bigotted law, keep your damn hands off MA!
Speaking as someone who has passed the Mass. bar, even a skipped question should not have prevented this dipshit from passing the "Passachusetts" bar…
I hate to admit it but I'm related to this con-artist/thief. He failed the Pa. Bar exam 4 times and got into serious legal trouble in the Philly area and thought it was time to leave town, back to Boston where he went to school. As a close relative of this scumbag/politician type/ lawyer want to be, I would never ever do any business with this guy because he'd rob you blind and your mother too!!
[...] Up "Holy War" Law student Stephen Dunne's both a loser and a quitter. The would-be barrister filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Massachusetts earlier this summer, alleging that a [...]