Yesterday Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a conservative Washington think tank that it's "easy" to rule
against LGBT rights.
"The death penalty? Give me a break.
It's easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy. Nobody ever thought the
Constitution prevented restrictions on abortion. Homosexual sodomy? Come
on. For 200 years, it was criminal in every state," Scalia said at the
American Enterprise Institute. He contrasted his style of interpretation
with that of a colleague who tries to be true to the values of the
Constitution as he applies them to a changing world. This imaginary
justice goes home for dinner and tells his wife what a wonderful day he
had, Scalia said. This imaginary justice, Scalia continued, announces
that it turns out "'the Constitution means exactly what I think it ought
to mean.' No kidding."
Scalia also complained that it is too difficult to amend the U.S.
Constitution. Mitt Romney has signed NOM's pledge to work to ban
same-sex marriage in the federal constitution. Such an attempt could be
thwarted by only 13 dissenting states.
Reposted from Joe
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