Comments on: Is The GOP Really Open to a Gay Supreme Court Justice? Or Merely Pretending? http://www.queerty.com/is-the-gop-really-open-to-a-gay-supreme-court-justice-or-merely-pretending-20090507/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laura in Cabo http://www.queerty.com/is-the-gop-really-open-to-a-gay-supreme-court-justice-or-merely-pretending-20090507/#comment-160147 Laura in Cabo Thu, 07 May 2009 22:39:56 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=52339#comment-160147 Hi everyone, I just discovered this site trying to find some material on Kathleen Sullivan. I thought I was hallucinating, as I thought I was the only lesbian in the country who didn't think you had to accept the entire liberal democratic agenda to be a legitimate gay or lesbian. After reading the excellent original articles and the civil and intelligent posts by all of you, I signed up immediately. Obviously, you have to be intelligent to input the password correctly. I hope the "remeber me" function works. Fox News just carried a short report on this very. They just quoted Thune, but are presenting Sessions as quite open. But obviously as Lee noted in a manner much wittier than I, this is putting the cart before the horse. Obama has been cowardly, largely I think he fears the religious conservative element of the black base. He's pure political animal. Sullivan would be an outstanding nominee, possibly the best of any. She is not at all dogmatic, and strikes me as more libertarian and not an HRC robot type at all. I just watched a half hour talk she gave at a gay legal issues conference at UCLA. She gave an insiders account of her leading roles working with the ACLU on the major gay rights case. (I'll retrieve it and post it later). It's fascinating, and demonstrates not just her intellect, but a personality that would make for the type of judicial temerament to be a leader. Alas, I don't think he's got the cajones to go there. I will do my best to be less long-winded in the future. It's just been a long time since I've found people I can talk about these things with! Hi everyone, I just discovered this site trying to find some material on Kathleen Sullivan. I thought I was hallucinating, as I thought I was the only lesbian in the country who didn’t think you had to accept the entire liberal democratic agenda to be a legitimate gay or lesbian. After reading the excellent original articles and the civil and intelligent posts by all of you, I signed up immediately. Obviously, you have to be intelligent to input the password correctly. I hope the “remeber me” function works.

Fox News just carried a short report on this very. They just quoted Thune, but are presenting Sessions as quite open. But obviously as Lee noted in a manner much wittier than I, this is putting the cart before the horse. Obama has been cowardly, largely I think he fears the religious conservative element of the black base. He’s pure political animal.

Sullivan would be an outstanding nominee, possibly the best of any. She is not at all dogmatic, and strikes me as more libertarian and not an HRC robot type at all. I just watched a half hour talk she gave at a gay legal issues conference at UCLA. She gave an insiders account of her leading roles working with the ACLU on the major gay rights case. (I’ll retrieve it and post it later). It’s fascinating, and demonstrates not just her intellect, but a personality that would make for the type of judicial temerament to be a leader. Alas, I don’t think he’s got the cajones to go there.

I will do my best to be less long-winded in the future. It’s just been a long time since I’ve found people I can talk about these things with!

]]> By: Matt http://www.queerty.com/is-the-gop-really-open-to-a-gay-supreme-court-justice-or-merely-pretending-20090507/#comment-159855 Matt Thu, 07 May 2009 17:38:51 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=52339#comment-159855 Here's the video of Sessions saying he could support a nominee with "gay tendencies": http://www.gotchamediablog.com/2009/05/rep-sessions-could-support-nominee-with.html Here’s the video of Sessions saying he could support a nominee with “gay tendencies”: http://www.gotchamediablog.com.....-with.html

]]> By: AlwaysGay http://www.queerty.com/is-the-gop-really-open-to-a-gay-supreme-court-justice-or-merely-pretending-20090507/#comment-159834 AlwaysGay Thu, 07 May 2009 17:27:52 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=52339#comment-159834 Their "open-mindedness" is insincere. They are against gay people. Their “open-mindedness” is insincere. They are against gay people.

]]> By: HYHYBT http://www.queerty.com/is-the-gop-really-open-to-a-gay-supreme-court-justice-or-merely-pretending-20090507/#comment-159784 HYHYBT Thu, 07 May 2009 16:51:02 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=52339#comment-159784 They're the same thing. From Atlanta I can drive up I-85 and right there, just the other side of Lake Hartwell, is Mount Rushmore. They’re the same thing. From Atlanta I can drive up I-85 and right there, just the other side of Lake Hartwell, is Mount Rushmore.

]]> By: Chad http://www.queerty.com/is-the-gop-really-open-to-a-gay-supreme-court-justice-or-merely-pretending-20090507/#comment-159731 Chad Thu, 07 May 2009 16:00:09 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=52339#comment-159731 John Thune is hot. John Thune is hot.

]]> By: Captain Freedom http://www.queerty.com/is-the-gop-really-open-to-a-gay-supreme-court-justice-or-merely-pretending-20090507/#comment-159708 Captain Freedom Thu, 07 May 2009 15:33:49 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=52339#comment-159708 John Thune is South DAKOTA. I hate how this website and OnTopMag always get their facts mixed. John Thune is South DAKOTA. I hate how this website and OnTopMag always get their facts mixed.

]]> By: Alec http://www.queerty.com/is-the-gop-really-open-to-a-gay-supreme-court-justice-or-merely-pretending-20090507/#comment-159673 Alec Thu, 07 May 2009 15:04:37 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=52339#comment-159673 Actually that's pretty good news. As long as they're not uniformly opposed (see, for example, the Hormel nomination, which languished in the GOP senate during the Clinton presidency). To their credit, proving that this can't possibly be about partisanship, Michael Guest, the openly gay Bush appointment for the Romanian embassy, was quickly and easily confirmed. In any event, they know they don't have the votes to filibuster <i>any</i> nominee, so the issue is moot. Actually that’s pretty good news. As long as they’re not uniformly opposed (see, for example, the Hormel nomination, which languished in the GOP senate during the Clinton presidency). To their credit, proving that this can’t possibly be about partisanship, Michael Guest, the openly gay Bush appointment for the Romanian embassy, was quickly and easily confirmed.

In any event, they know they don’t have the votes to filibuster any nominee, so the issue is moot.

]]> By: Lee http://www.queerty.com/is-the-gop-really-open-to-a-gay-supreme-court-justice-or-merely-pretending-20090507/#comment-159672 Lee Thu, 07 May 2009 15:03:36 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=52339#comment-159672 Oh, Mary, please! Have the Repugs been getting drunk on gay fantasies, too, [SHAME ON YOU, Victory Fund!] that they think the same guy who, since getting elected, has been totally missing in ACTION on even the least controversial of gay progress issues might actually nominate an out gay for the Court? They are doing nothing more than baiting him, HOPING that he will so that they can use it to "strengthen their base" even if they couldn't stop confirmation which, if the legal credentials were good enough, I don't think they could. But the larger point is, Obama's clearly lost his balls in a hunting for mainstream Amerika to love him accident. Ironic thing is, he's too out of touch, surrounded by other power mongers too out of touch, to understand that on most gay issues the country is more progressive than he is. Oh, Mary, please! Have the Repugs been getting drunk on gay fantasies, too, [SHAME ON YOU, Victory Fund!] that they think the same guy who, since getting elected, has been totally missing in ACTION on even the least controversial of gay progress issues might actually nominate an out gay for the Court?

They are doing nothing more than baiting him, HOPING that he will so that they can use it to “strengthen their base” even if they couldn’t stop confirmation which, if the legal credentials were good enough, I don’t think they could.

But the larger point is, Obama’s clearly lost his balls in a hunting for mainstream Amerika to love him accident.

Ironic thing is, he’s too out of touch, surrounded by other power mongers too out of touch, to understand that on most gay issues the country is more progressive than he is.

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