Scalia?

[keltic63]

Have you seen this story? http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/03/032906scalia.htm

scalia says that gays have no constitutional rights.

This is disturbing. Can anyone find this from another news source? ( I always like to confirm stories in 2 or 3 sources. )

[NathanATX]

I agree that is scary... What would it take to remove a justice?

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Article III of the Constitution provides that the Justices, and all other federal judges, hold their offices "during good Behaviour." (and while they serve, their pay cannot be cut.) They may resign at any time, or retire when eligible. Once confirmed, however, they may be removed—in accordance with Article II—only by "Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." In effect they serve for life. Never in the Nation’s history has a Supreme Court Justice been removed by impeachment.

[Lydia]

[QUOTE=keltic63]Have you seen this story?
This is disturbing. Can anyone find this from another news source? ( I QUOTE]

This is the only thing I could find:

http://www.bartcop.com/1270.htm

But I'm afraid it's not much help.

[keltic63]

I've often gone looking for news stories that 365gay has published, and I can't seem to find them anywhere else. Sometimes I think this is good that they're finding things that other media have not covered. Then sometimes I think that it needs to be confirmed somewhere else to be considered legitimate. Obviously, if 365gay is the only source reporting on this Scalia speech and quote, there is a bias to the story. I'd be more comfortable knowing that the story was also reported in a mainstream outlet.

[pnggrad79]

I didn't know Antonin Scalia wrote or framed the Constitution which says that every citizen, (no qualifiers) was entitled to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Hmm, he looks old, but didn't know he was there at the Constitutional Convention or wherever it was.
He must be a slave owner, too and voted to keep black people 3/5 of a person. How ludicrous!!! The Constitution didn't envision women having equal rights either. Should they be excluded now as well?
Who the *&&^% does he think he is?

[Daniel]

The Constitution didn't envision women having equal rights either. Should they be excluded now as well?

Women, in point of fact, unfortunatley, do NOT have equal rights- any more than gay people do. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) failed by one vote, was never passed, and was a significant victory for Phillis Schlafly in 1982.

Answers.com note that "Schlafly argued that ratification of the ERA would lead to compulsory military service for all mothers, unisex toilets in public places, automatic fifty percent financial responsibility for all wives, and homosexual marriages."

There is a substantial article on Schlafy in last weekend's Magazine at the NYTimes.com

[RyGuy23]

So, would bringing the ERA back into the courts lead to actual equality for women and for us (GLBT folks)?