Towleroad prents a list of Supreme Court Jtice Anton Slia's 7 most hateful, homophobic and anti-gay remarks om his 30 years on the bench.
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- 8 HORRIBLE THGS ANTON SLIA SAID ABOUT GAY PEOPLEA LOOK BACK ON THE LATE SUPREME COURT JTICE'S {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 13, 2016/10:42 PMBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 13, 2016 / 10:42 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"8 HORRIBLE THGS ANTON SLIA SAID ABOUT GAY PEOPLE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-02-14T03:42:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-02-14T03:42:44.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUPREME COURT JTICE ANTON SLIA PASSED AWAY HIS SLEEP YTERDAY AT THE AGE OF 79, ENDG A REER AS PERHAPS THE MOST OVERTLY HOMOPHOBIC JUDGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS THIRTY YEARS ON THE BENCH, SLIA STOOD FIRMLY FAVOR OF BANS ON HOMOSEXUAL SEX AND OPPOSED BOTH MARRIAGE EQUALY AND LAWS PROTECTG LGBT PEOPLE OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, SLIA ONCE REVEALED "I HAVE IENDS THAT I KNOW, OR VERY MUCH SPECT, ARE HOMOSEXUAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A NEW YORKER TERVIEW OM 2013, GAY RIGHT ACTIVIST RICHARD SORIS ASKED SLIA WHAT HE THOUGHT HIS LEGACY ON GAY ISSU WOULD BE AFTER HE WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"FRANKLY, I DON’T RE," HE RPOND. "MAYBE THE WORLD IS SPNG TOWARD A WIR ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS, AND HERE’S SLIA, STANDG ATHWART . AT LEAST STANDG ATHWART AS A NSTUTNAL ENTLEMENT. BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN CTODIAN OF MY LEGACY. WHEN I’M AD AND GONE, I’LL EHER BE SUBLIMELY HAPPY OR TERRIBLY UNHAPPY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'D SAY HE IS THE CTODIAN OF HIS LEGACY—SCE HE'S THE ONE WHO SHAPED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE YOU TELL ME TO NOT SPEAK ILL OF THE AD (WHICH IS SOMETHG OF A MISNOMER, BTW), RELAX—I'M NOT GOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'M SIMPLY GOG SHARE STATEMENTS SLIA MA HIMSELF. AFTER ALL, WE SHOULDN'T FET THAT LEGACY, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE ARE SEIGHT THGS THE LATE ANTON SLIA HAS SAID ABOUT GAY PEOPLE. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. AMERI DON'T LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE URT TOOK ON LAWRENCE V. TEXAS 2003, SLIA ARGUED THE STATE'S SODOMY BAN WAS NSTUTNAL BEE SOME PEOPLE FD HOMOSEXUALY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MANY AMERINS DO NOT WANT PERSONS WHO OPENLY ENGAGE HOMOSEXUAL NDUCT AS PARTNERS THEIR BS, AS SUTMASTERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AS TEACHERS THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS, OR AS BOARRS THEIR HOME," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEY VIEW THIS AS PROTECTG THEMSELV AND THEIR FAI OM A LIFTYLE THAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE IMMORAL AND STCTIVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORTUNATELY THAT WAS THE DISSENTG OPN AND THE COURT LED BANS ON HOMOSEXUAL SEX WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. HOMOSEXUALY IS LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROMER V. EVANS, OM 1996, CHALLENGED COLORADO'S BAN ON ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAWS PROTECTG GAY PEOPLE. LGBT ADVOT ARGUED THE BAN WAS TANTAMOUNT TO LEGISLATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OF URSE IS OUR MORAL HERAGE THAT ONE SHOULD NOT HATE ANY HUMAN BEG OR CLASS OF HUMAN BEGS," SLIA OPED. "BUT I HAD THOUGHT THAT ONE ULD NSIR CERTA NDUCT REPREHENSIBLE—MURR, FOR EXAMPLE, OR POLYGAMY, OR CELTY TO ANIMALS—AND ULD EXHIB 'ANIM' TOWARD SUCH NDUCT. "{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. HOMOSEXUALY IS LIKE BTIALY, CT AND DG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN LAWRENCE, SLIA ADMTED THE BAN "UNDOUBTEDLY IMPOS NSTRATS ON LIBERTY. SO DO LAWS PROHIBG PROSTUTN, RECREATNAL E OF HERO, AND, FOR THAT MATTER, WORKG MORE THAN 60 HOURS PER WEEK A BAKERY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO SISTED THE LAW WAS IMPORTANT BEE FURTHERED "THE BELIEF OF S CIZENS THAT CERTA FORMS OF SEXUAL BEHAVR ARE IMMORAL AND UNACCEPTABLE... [LIKE] FORNITN, BIGAMY, ADULTERY, ADULT CT, BTIALY, AND OBSCENY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. HOMOSEXUALY IS LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A SPEECH TO LAW STUNTS DECEMBER, SLIA SISTED THE URTS SHOULDN'T TRY TO PROTECT MORI, BEE NO ONE KNOWS WHAT A MORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT MORI SERVE PROTECTN? WHAT? IT’S UP TO ME TO INTIFY SERVG MORI?” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT ABOUT PERASTS? WHAT ABOUT CHILD ABERS? THIS IS A SERVG MORY," HE JOKED. "NOBODY LOV THEM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. GAY PEOPLE ULD HAVE HETEROSEXUAL SEX IF THEY WANTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS DISSENT ROMER, SLIA SUGGTED THE SOLUTN TO A BAN ON GAY SEX WAS FOR GAY PEOPLE TO JT START HAVG STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"[THE LAW] DON'T SAY YOU N'T HAVE ANY SEXUAL TIMACY. IT SAYS YOU NNOT HAVE SEXUAL TIMACY WH A PERSON OF THE SAME SEX."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LATER, HE SISTED THE TEXAS LAW WASN'T DISCRIMATORY BEE AFFECTED EVERYONE. NO ONE N HAVE GAY SEX—NOT EVEN STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MEN AND WOMEN, HETEROSEXUALS AND HOMOSEXUALS, ARE ALL SUBJECT TO [TEXAS’] PROHIBN OF VIATE SEXUAL TERURSE WH SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. THE GAY AGENDA HAS TAKEN OVER THE SUPREME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS LAWRENCE DISSENT, SLIA CLARED THAT THE HIGH URT HAD "LARGELY SIGNED ON TO THE SO-LLED HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WARNED THAT GAY PEOPLE ARE HARD AT WORK ELIMATG THE "MORAL OPPROBRIUM" ATTACHED TO HOMOSEXUALY. AND, ACTUALLY, I'D AGREE WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, SLIA ADD, "IT IS CLEAR... THAT THE URT HAS TAKEN SIS THE CULTURE WAR, PARTG OM S ROLE OF ASSURG, AS NTRAL OBSERVER, THAT THE MOCRATIC L OF ENGAGEMENT ARE OBSERVED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. GAY PEOPLE MAKE BAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE URT TOOK ON THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT 2013'S UNED STAT V. WDSOR, JTICE ELENA KAGAN ASKED ATTORNEYS FOR THE BIPARTISAN LEGAL ADVISORY GROUP HOW ALLOWG SAME-SEX UPL TO MARRY WOULD HURT STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY ULDN'T E UP WH AN ANSWER, SO SLIA PROVID ONE FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"LET ME GIVE YOU ONE NCRETE THG," HE SAID DURG ORAL ARGUMENTS. "IF YOU REFE MARRIAGE TO CLU SAME-SEX UPL, YOU MT PERM ADOPTN BY SAME-SEX UPL, AND THERE'S NSIRABLE DISAGREEMENT AMONG SOCLOGISTS AS TO WHAT THE NSEQUENC OF RAISG A CHILD A SGLE-SEX FAY [ARE]. SOME STAT DO NOT DO NOT PERM ADOPTN BY SAME-SEX UPL FOR THAT REASON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT REALLY: STUDY AFTER STUDY HAS SHOWN CHILDREN OF SAME-SEX UPL PERFORM NO WORSE THAN THEIR HETERO-RAISED PEERS (AND MAY EVEN DO BETTER).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} A STUDY RELEASED LAST YEAR, UNIVERSY OF OREGON SOCLOGY PROFSOR RYAN LIGHT WROTE, "NSENS IS OVERWHELMG TERMS OF THERE BEG NO DIFFERENCE CHILDREN WHO ARE RAISED BY SAME-SEX OR DIFFERENT- SEX PARENTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}8. LGBT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO OUR INTI.PL MORIGI/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, OBERGEFELL V. HODG, SLIA ATTACKED THE MAJORY OPN THAT MARRYG THE PERSON YOU LOVE WAS A RIGHT SHARED BY ALL AMERINS, GAY OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IF, EVEN AS THE PRICE TO BE PAID FOR A FIFTH VOTE, I EVER JOED AN OPN FOR THE COURT THAT BEGAN: ‘THE CONSTUTN PROMIS LIBERTY TO ALL WH S REACH, A LIBERTY THAT CLUS CERTA SPECIFIC RIGHTS THAT ALLOW PERSONS, WH A LAWFUL REALM, TO FE AND EXPRS THEIR INTY,' I WOULD HI MY HEAD A BAG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ANTON SLIA ROUTELY LED AGAST GAY RIGHTS. THOSE OPNS EXPLA HIS PHILOSOPHY.
- JTICE ANTON SLIA'S PROVOTIVE COMMENTS ON GAY ISSU
8 HORRIBLE THGS ANTON SLIA SAID ABOUT GAY PEOPLEA LOOK BACK ON THE LATE SUPREME COURT JTICE'S {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 13, 2016/10:42 PMBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 13, 2016 / 10:42 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"8 HORRIBLE THGS ANTON SLIA SAID ABOUT GAY PEOPLE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-02-14T03:42:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-02-14T03:42:44.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUPREME COURT JTICE ANTON SLIA PASSED AWAY HIS SLEEP YTERDAY AT THE AGE OF 79, ENDG A REER AS PERHAPS THE MOST OVERTLY HOMOPHOBIC JUDGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS THIRTY YEARS ON THE BENCH, SLIA STOOD FIRMLY FAVOR OF BANS ON HOMOSEXUAL SEX AND OPPOSED BOTH MARRIAGE EQUALY AND LAWS PROTECTG LGBT PEOPLE OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, SLIA ONCE REVEALED "I HAVE IENDS THAT I KNOW, OR VERY MUCH SPECT, ARE HOMOSEXUAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A NEW YORKER TERVIEW OM 2013, GAY RIGHT ACTIVIST RICHARD SORIS ASKED SLIA WHAT HE THOUGHT HIS LEGACY ON GAY ISSU WOULD BE AFTER HE WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"FRANKLY, I DON’T RE," HE RPOND. "MAYBE THE WORLD IS SPNG TOWARD A WIR ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS, AND HERE’S SLIA, STANDG ATHWART . AT LEAST STANDG ATHWART AS A NSTUTNAL ENTLEMENT. BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN CTODIAN OF MY LEGACY. WHEN I’M AD AND GONE, I’LL EHER BE SUBLIMELY HAPPY OR TERRIBLY UNHAPPY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'D SAY HE IS THE CTODIAN OF HIS LEGACY—SCE HE'S THE ONE WHO SHAPED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE YOU TELL ME TO NOT SPEAK ILL OF THE AD (WHICH IS SOMETHG OF A MISNOMER, BTW), RELAX—I'M NOT GOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'M SIMPLY GOG SHARE STATEMENTS SLIA MA HIMSELF. AFTER ALL, WE SHOULDN'T FET THAT LEGACY, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE ARE SEIGHT THGS THE LATE ANTON SLIA HAS SAID ABOUT GAY PEOPLE. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. AMERI DON'T LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE URT TOOK ON LAWRENCE V. TEXAS 2003, SLIA ARGUED THE STATE'S SODOMY BAN WAS NSTUTNAL BEE SOME PEOPLE FD HOMOSEXUALY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MANY AMERINS DO NOT WANT PERSONS WHO OPENLY ENGAGE HOMOSEXUAL NDUCT AS PARTNERS THEIR BS, AS SUTMASTERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AS TEACHERS THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS, OR AS BOARRS THEIR HOME," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEY VIEW THIS AS PROTECTG THEMSELV AND THEIR FAI OM A LIFTYLE THAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE IMMORAL AND STCTIVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORTUNATELY THAT WAS THE DISSENTG OPN AND THE COURT LED BANS ON HOMOSEXUAL SEX WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. HOMOSEXUALY IS LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROMER V. EVANS, OM 1996, CHALLENGED COLORADO'S BAN ON ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAWS PROTECTG GAY PEOPLE. LGBT ADVOT ARGUED THE BAN WAS TANTAMOUNT TO LEGISLATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OF URSE IS OUR MORAL HERAGE THAT ONE SHOULD NOT HATE ANY HUMAN BEG OR CLASS OF HUMAN BEGS," SLIA OPED. "BUT I HAD THOUGHT THAT ONE ULD NSIR CERTA NDUCT REPREHENSIBLE—MURR, FOR EXAMPLE, OR POLYGAMY, OR CELTY TO ANIMALS—AND ULD EXHIB 'ANIM' TOWARD SUCH NDUCT. "{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. HOMOSEXUALY IS LIKE BTIALY, CT AND DG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN LAWRENCE, SLIA ADMTED THE BAN "UNDOUBTEDLY IMPOS NSTRATS ON LIBERTY. SO DO LAWS PROHIBG PROSTUTN, RECREATNAL E OF HERO, AND, FOR THAT MATTER, WORKG MORE THAN 60 HOURS PER WEEK A BAKERY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO SISTED THE LAW WAS IMPORTANT BEE FURTHERED "THE BELIEF OF S CIZENS THAT CERTA FORMS OF SEXUAL BEHAVR ARE IMMORAL AND UNACCEPTABLE... [LIKE] FORNITN, BIGAMY, ADULTERY, ADULT CT, BTIALY, AND OBSCENY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. HOMOSEXUALY IS LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A SPEECH TO LAW STUNTS DECEMBER, SLIA SISTED THE URTS SHOULDN'T TRY TO PROTECT MORI, BEE NO ONE KNOWS WHAT A MORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT MORI SERVE PROTECTN? WHAT? IT’S UP TO ME TO INTIFY SERVG MORI?” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT ABOUT PERASTS? WHAT ABOUT CHILD ABERS? THIS IS A SERVG MORY," HE JOKED. "NOBODY LOV THEM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. GAY PEOPLE ULD HAVE HETEROSEXUAL SEX IF THEY WANTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS DISSENT ROMER, SLIA SUGGTED THE SOLUTN TO A BAN ON GAY SEX WAS FOR GAY PEOPLE TO JT START HAVG STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"[THE LAW] DON'T SAY YOU N'T HAVE ANY SEXUAL TIMACY. IT SAYS YOU NNOT HAVE SEXUAL TIMACY WH A PERSON OF THE SAME SEX."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LATER, HE SISTED THE TEXAS LAW WASN'T DISCRIMATORY BEE AFFECTED EVERYONE. NO ONE N HAVE GAY SEX—NOT EVEN STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MEN AND WOMEN, HETEROSEXUALS AND HOMOSEXUALS, ARE ALL SUBJECT TO [TEXAS’] PROHIBN OF VIATE SEXUAL TERURSE WH SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. THE GAY AGENDA HAS TAKEN OVER THE SUPREME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS LAWRENCE DISSENT, SLIA CLARED THAT THE HIGH URT HAD "LARGELY SIGNED ON TO THE SO-LLED HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WARNED THAT GAY PEOPLE ARE HARD AT WORK ELIMATG THE "MORAL OPPROBRIUM" ATTACHED TO HOMOSEXUALY. AND, ACTUALLY, I'D AGREE WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, SLIA ADD, "IT IS CLEAR... THAT THE URT HAS TAKEN SIS THE CULTURE WAR, PARTG OM S ROLE OF ASSURG, AS NTRAL OBSERVER, THAT THE MOCRATIC L OF ENGAGEMENT ARE OBSERVED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. GAY PEOPLE MAKE BAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE URT TOOK ON THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT 2013'S UNED STAT V. WDSOR, JTICE ELENA KAGAN ASKED ATTORNEYS FOR THE BIPARTISAN LEGAL ADVISORY GROUP HOW ALLOWG SAME-SEX UPL TO MARRY WOULD HURT STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY ULDN'T E UP WH AN ANSWER, SO SLIA PROVID ONE FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"LET ME GIVE YOU ONE NCRETE THG," HE SAID DURG ORAL ARGUMENTS. "IF YOU REFE MARRIAGE TO CLU SAME-SEX UPL, YOU MT PERM ADOPTN BY SAME-SEX UPL, AND THERE'S NSIRABLE DISAGREEMENT AMONG SOCLOGISTS AS TO WHAT THE NSEQUENC OF RAISG A CHILD A SGLE-SEX FAY [ARE]. SOME STAT DO NOT DO NOT PERM ADOPTN BY SAME-SEX UPL FOR THAT REASON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT REALLY: STUDY AFTER STUDY HAS SHOWN CHILDREN OF SAME-SEX UPL PERFORM NO WORSE THAN THEIR HETERO-RAISED PEERS (AND MAY EVEN DO BETTER).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} A STUDY RELEASED LAST YEAR, UNIVERSY OF OREGON SOCLOGY PROFSOR RYAN LIGHT WROTE, "NSENS IS OVERWHELMG TERMS OF THERE BEG NO DIFFERENCE CHILDREN WHO ARE RAISED BY SAME-SEX OR DIFFERENT- SEX PARENTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}8. LGBT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO OUR INTI.PL MORIGI/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, OBERGEFELL V. HODG, SLIA ATTACKED THE MAJORY OPN THAT MARRYG THE PERSON YOU LOVE WAS A RIGHT SHARED BY ALL AMERINS, GAY OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IF, EVEN AS THE PRICE TO BE PAID FOR A FIFTH VOTE, I EVER JOED AN OPN FOR THE COURT THAT BEGAN: ‘THE CONSTUTN PROMIS LIBERTY TO ALL WH S REACH, A LIBERTY THAT CLUS CERTA SPECIFIC RIGHTS THAT ALLOW PERSONS, WH A LAWFUL REALM, TO FE AND EXPRS THEIR INTY,' I WOULD HI MY HEAD A BAG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
This week the Supreme Court will hear arguments about equal rights for gay Amerins. But we already know what Slia thks. * antonin scalia gay *
Supreme Court jtice Anton Slia passed away his sleep yterday at the age of 79, endg a reer as perhaps the most overtly homophobic judge his thirty years on the bench, Slia stood firmly favor of bans on homosexual sex and opposed both marriage equaly and laws protectg LGBT people om urse, Slia once revealed "I have iends that I know, or very much spect, are homosexual. "In a New Yorker terview om 2013, gay right activist Richard Soris asked Slia what he thought his legacy on gay issu would be after he was gone. "Maybe the world is spng toward a wir acceptance of homosexual rights, and here’s Slia, standg athwart .
ANTON SLIA ROUTELY LED AGAST GAY RIGHTS. THOSE OPNS EXPLA HIS PHILOSOPHY.
In a wi-rangg terview wh New York magaze, the senr-most Supreme Court jtice discsed profany, the Inter, the vil, and the gay people his life who haven't e out to him. * antonin scalia gay *
Here are seight thgs the late Anton Slia has said about gay people. Texas 2003, Slia argued the state's sodomy ban was nstutnal bee some people fd homosexualy immoral.
"Many Amerins do not want persons who openly engage homosexual nduct as partners their bs, as sutmasters for their children, as teachers their children's schools, or as boarrs their home, " he wrote. "Fortunately that was the dissentg opn and the Court led bans on homosexual sex were unnstutnal.
Homosexualy is like v. Evans, om 1996, challenged Colorado's ban on anti-discrimatn laws protectg gay people.
JTICE ANTON SLIA'S PROVOTIVE COMMENTS ON GAY ISSU
"Jtice Slia, I'm gay, and as somebody who is gay I fd the parisons extraordarily offensive," Dunn Hosie, a hman at Prceton, said to … * antonin scalia gay *
Homosexualy is like btialy, ct and dg Lawrence, Slia admted the ban "undoubtedly impos nstrats on liberty. Homosexualy is like a speech to law stunts December, Slia sisted the urts shouldn't try to protect mori, bee no one knows what a mory is. Gay people uld have heterosexual sex if they wanted his dissent Romer, Slia suggted the solutn to a ban on gay sex was for gay people to jt start havg straight sex.
No one n have gay sex—not even straight people. "Men and women, heterosexuals and homosexuals, are all subject to [Texas’] prohibn of viate sexual terurse wh someone of the same sex. The gay agenda has taken over the Supreme his Lawrence dissent, Slia clared that the high urt had "largely signed on to the so-lled homosexual agenda.
"He warned that gay people are hard at work elimatg the "moral opprobrium" attached to homosexualy. Gay people make bad the urt took on the Defense of Marriage act 2013's Uned Stat v.
20 years ago he pared gay sex to child sex abe. And went downhill om there. * antonin scalia gay *
Hodg, Slia attacked the majory opn that marryg the person you love was a right shared by all Amerins, gay or straight. His many reflectns on homosexualy formed a notable part of his judicial legacy.
This story was published March 2013, as the urt prepared to hear historic gay rights s. ” Judgg by the thgs he has said urt or wrten his legal opns about gays and lbians, he don’t really mean .
Supreme Court Jtice Anton Slia torched the majory opn regnizg gay marriage natnwi lorful language. * antonin scalia gay *
Dpe Slia’s long public history of exprsg revulsn and ntempt for gays and lbians, on the subject of whether people of the same sex should be allowed to marry, he is among the ne people whose opns will really matter. Here are the lowlights of Slia’s anti-gay ments:. Texas, the se challengg a Texas law that crimalized homosexual sex, Slia me up wh a tastels analogy to illtrate the issue.
Let’s throw gay people jail bee some people don’t like them. In his dissent Lawrence, Slia argued that moral objectns to homosexualy were sufficient jtifitn for crimalizg gay sex.
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“Many Amerins do not want persons who openly engage homosexual nduct as partners their bs, as sutmasters for their children, as teachers their children’s schools, or as boarrs their home, ” he wrote. Laws banng homosexual sex are like laws banng murr.
Surely that is the only sort of ‘anim’ at issue here: moral disapproval of homosexual nduct[. Slia cid to take the “moral disapproval” argument up a notch his dissent Lawrence, wrg that the Texas ban on homosexual sex “unniably seeks to further the belief of s cizens that certa forms of sexual behavr are ‘immoral and unacceptable, '” like laws agast “fornitn, bigamy, adultery, adult ct, btialy, and obsceny.
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“[Colorado’s ban] prohibs special treatment of homosexuals, and nothg more, ” Slia wrote. “[I]t would prevent the State or any municipaly om makg ath benef payments to the ‘life partner’ of a homosexual when do not make such payments to the long time roommate of a nonhomosexual employee. In one sectn, he plas that banng discrimatn based on sexual orientatn hirg amounts to grantg gays and lbians special treatment that Republins, adulterers, and Cubs haters don’t get.