News
2006-03-30
Scalia again
draws criticism for antigay comments
The U.S. Supreme
Court justice says there is no constitutional right to
"homosexual conduct."
Comm
Comments recently
made by U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia at a
Swiss law school are raising the ire of gay rights leaders
who argue it's further evidence of the need for
fair-minded court appointees. While talking to
students at the school, Scalia claimed there is no
constitutional right to "homosexual conduct."
"Justice Scalia
stubbornly refuses to see that all Americans have a
right to liberty and privacy under the law," said Human
Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese. "Justice
Scalia was dangerously out of step with Americans in
2003 when the Supreme Court decided this question, and
he remains so today."
According to a
clip aired on CNN, Scalia told students at the University
of Freiburg in Switzerland, "Question comes up: Is there a
constitutional right to homosexual conduct? Not a hard
question for me. It's absolutely clear that nobody
ever thought when the Bill of Rights was adopted that
it gave a right to homosexual conduct. Homosexual
conduct was criminal for 200 years in every state. Easy
question."
"This is just the
latest example of why it's so critical that
fair-minded Americans think of the court when they head to
the ballot box," Solmonese continued. "With the
Supreme Court tipping further to the right, these
sentiments could one day become reality." (The
Advocate)
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