When Elena Kagan go before the Senate Judiciary Commtee this summer, she'll be asked dozens of qutns by probg Senators. What she almost certaly won't be asked are qutns about her sexualy. But that hasn't stopped a mixed st of gay and nservative bloggers om dog stead, sparkg a boistero bate about a nomee's personal life never seen before.
Contents:
- WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THK ELENA KAGAN IS GAY?
- KAGAN AND THE 'GAY QUTN' CONTROVERSY
- SUPREME COURT JTICE ELENA KAGAN PERFORMS FIRST GAY WEDDG
WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THK ELENA KAGAN IS GAY?
Contact: Chapla Klgenschmt, The Pray In J Name Project, 719-360-5132, WASHINGTON, May 10 /Christian Newswire/ -- As far back as 2006 and 2007, four different Harvard Law Stunts nfirmed that Supreme Court nomee Elena Kagan was a Lbian. Why is the Obama Admistratn now sudnly ashamed of Kagan's homosexual orientatn? CBS News first reported that Print Obama's new Supreme Court nomee Elena Kagan will be the "first openly gay jtic * is kagan gay *
That sounds pretty gay, bee gay people n't get married. (Then aga she's been livg Massachetts for the last several years and gay marriage is legal there.
KAGAN AND THE 'GAY QUTN' CONTROVERSY
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) Still, that's all many people need for a swift nvictn on charg of 's opposed to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": Long a thorn the si of the gay civil rights movement, Kagan is stnchly agast the policy that has kept gay soldiers om servg openly.
Sorry, but, like softball, mayor of Gaytown has endorsed her: Andrew Sullivan, who is the rglear of the "gays to polics, " says that she is part of his gay club.
If anyone knows the tth, 's Gay Uncle 's never nied the mors: The Kagan lbian mors aren't new, but she's never ma a public statement nyg them. Here's the basic le on gay mors: If someone don't ny them or won't talk about them, then they are digs lbian judg: When Obama was lookg at replacements for Jtice Souter last year, two lbians were serly nsired for the slot that eventually went to Sonia Sotomayor. This has no bearg on Kagan specifilly, but shows the admistratn isn't pletely petrified of nomatg someone of the Sapphic gay tablishment is spicly quiet: Sure, Andrew Sullivan has said she's gay (as have several gay blogs), but much of the gay media has been mum about Kagan's sexualy.
SUPREME COURT JTICE ELENA KAGAN PERFORMS FIRST GAY WEDDG
I wish a print would fally get the gumptn to nomate an uncloseted gay or lbian to the Supreme Court. * is kagan gay *
It's entirely News reported : When Kagan's name was first floated last month, CBS News published a post by Republin blogger Ben Domenech llg her the "first openly gay jtice. If the admistratn me out and clared that she's not gay, she might not be. Even worse than tryg to sneak a lbian Supreme Court jtice past the untry's vilently homophobic right wg would be gettg ught lyg about 's agast same-sex marriage: Before her nfirmatn as Solicor General, the Judiciary Commtee gave her a list of qutns to answer, cludg one about same-sex marriage.
" The days, any homosexual who wants to hang out wh other homosexuals n't be agast same-sex marriage. Even more damng is her answer to a qutn askg if she has ever exprsed an opn about the nstutn ntag a right to gay marriage.
If she were actually gay, she mt have exprsed this opn, even cktail nversatn wh the ladi durg a weekend P-Town. Verdict: Between the hair, the softball, the "open secret" at Harvard, the purported partner, and the Andrew Sullivan outg, I'm gog to go ahead and gus she's gay.