[lbo-talk] Scalia Endorses Orgies

R rhisiart at charter.net
Fri Oct 1 14:29:04 PDT 2004


At 02:02 PM 10/1/2004, you wrote:
>Dear List:
>
>I wonder if he has much first-hand experience?

like the US Army ads "an army of one," i think scalia is an orgy of one.

R


>Better yet: would anybody admit to having been in one with him?
>
>Brian Dauth
>Queer Buddhist Resister
>
>Orgies are the way to ease social tensions, claims US judge
>
>Oliver Burkeman in New York
>Friday October 1, 2004
>The Guardian
>
>He is the conservative bastion of the US supreme court, a favourite of
>President Bush, and a hunting partner of the vice-president. He has argued
>vociferously against abortion rights, and in favour of anti-sodomy laws.
>
>But it turns out that there is another side to Justice Antonin Scalia: he
>thinks Americans ought to be having more orgies.
>
>Challenged about his views on sexual morality, Justice Scalia surprised his
>audience at Harvard University, telling them: "I even take the position that
>sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged."
>
>It seems unlikely that this is what President Bush meant when he promised to
>appoint more judges like Scalia to the court, should the opportunity arise.
>Crucially, Justice Scalia is one of the judges in favour of overturning Roe v
>Wade, the landmark judgment protecting abortion as a constitutional right.
>
>One audience member also asked the judge "whether you have any gay friends,
>and, if not, whether you'd like to be my friend," the Harvard Crimson
>newspaper reported.
>
>"I probably do have some gay friends, but I have never pressed the point,"
>Justice Scalia responded. He offered no clue to the logic behind his claim
>that orgies eliminate social tensions.
>
>Nobody asked him whether he was familiar with Rick Moody's novel The Ice
>Storm, turned into a movie by Ang Lee, which appeared to suggest the exact
>opposite.
>
>Guardian Unlimited ) Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
>
>
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