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You are here: Home / Politics / A great week to be gay

A great week to be gay

by DougJ|  August 5, 20104:08 pm| 11 Comments

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The day after the Prop. 8 decision, we have our first gay Supreme Court Justice.

Though that Gilbert and Sullivan outfit always made me wonder.

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  1. 1.

    licensed to kill time

    August 5, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    Welcome to the Supremes, Ms. Kagan. Long may you sing.

  2. 2.

    MattR

    August 5, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    As I posted on the previous thread, from the GOS

    There were few surprises in the voting. Republicans voting yes were Collins, Graham, Gregg, Lugar, and Snowe. Ben Nelson voted no. She was confirmed with a larger margin than Alito, who was confirmed 58 to 42, and Thomas, who was confirmed 52 to 48, but with fewer votes than the remaining justices, a reflection of the heightened and toxic political environment this election year.

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    Ned R.

    August 5, 2010 at 4:14 pm

    Something I noticed via the Willis link was this hilarity. Can I invite people to create/Photoshop in new slogans plz?

  4. 4.

    Bill

    August 5, 2010 at 4:21 pm

    With all the previous Republican SC appointees, I doubt that she is the first on who is gay…

  5. 5.

    Anne Laurie

    August 5, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    Kagan won’t even be the first gay Justice on the current court, if the rumors about John Roberts are correct.

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    Delia

    August 5, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    @Anne Laurie:

    if the rumors about John Roberts are correct.

    See, this is why it’s always a mistake to skip BJ. I’d never have even heard that rumor but for this thread. Never have gotten turned on to the Discworld novels, but that’s something else again.

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    Allan

    August 5, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    It’s a great week to be gay, and Elena Kagan is an ally, and we’d be happy to claim her for our team, but she’d fail the entrance exam because, um, she’s not gay.

  8. 8.

    Kristine

    August 5, 2010 at 5:15 pm

    @Delia

    Yup. I never would have become the Community Coffee addict that I am now if not for one of last year’s threads.

  9. 9.

    BH

    August 5, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    Let’s see a link or some evidence that she’s gay before getting all excited about it.

  10. 10.

    twiffer

    August 5, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    well, great even if you aren’t gay but see no reason to deny people basic human rights.

    also, now that she is confirmed, can we stop hearing speculation about her sex life? please?

  11. 11.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    August 5, 2010 at 6:18 pm

    I think the Whitehouse machine (the Regime as Limbaugh calls it) failed in its story line with this. Instead of saying “she’s not gay” as if it was a bad thing. They should have said “we have not discussed Ms. Kagan’s sexual orientation as it completely irrelevant to her ability to serve on SCOTUS, we nominated her because of her legal knowledge not her social life” or some such thing. I was a tad disappointed that they just knee jerked the “no she isn’t” bullshit as if it would make the slightest bit of difference if she was.

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