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Roberts Worked on Behalf of Gay Activists
Los Angeles Times ^ | August 3, 2005 | Richard A. Serrano

Posted on 08/03/2005 9:46:32 PM PDT by RWR8189

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Roberts as a lawyer fought for his client...imagine that?
1 posted on 08/03/2005 9:46:33 PM PDT by RWR8189
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Awe Geez, not this $#!+ again ...


2 posted on 08/03/2005 9:47:50 PM PDT by 11th_VA (BORDER SECURITY NOT SOCIAL SECURITY - I'm voting 3rd Party)
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To: RWR8189

The question is, why did he take the case? I'm not going to read to much into it as yet, considering it's from the MSM. But if the facts are true, it does make me think Ann Coulter was on to something about him being a closet liberal.


3 posted on 08/03/2005 9:49:06 PM PDT by balch3
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Why would a conservative do work to advance leftism?


4 posted on 08/03/2005 9:50:21 PM PDT by k2blader (Hic sunt dracones..)
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To: balch3

Then he's sure spent a lot of time clerking for conservative justices, and working in Republican administrations for much of his adult life hiding that fact.


5 posted on 08/03/2005 9:51:59 PM PDT by RWR8189 (I Will Sit on My Hands in 2008 Instead of Voting for McCain)(No Money for the NRSC)
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But, you see, it's perfectly fine because "that's what lawyers do--work for their clients".

Stop being so judgmental.

< /sarc >
6 posted on 08/03/2005 9:52:00 PM PDT by k2blader (Hic sunt dracones..)
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Then a lawyer specializing in appellate work, the conservative Roberts helped represent the gay activists as part of his law firm's pro bono work. While he did not write the legal briefs or argue the case before the Supreme court, he was instrumental in reviewing the filings and preparing oral arguments, according to several lawyers intimately involved in the case.

This is it!!!! EXPLOSIVE!!!!! His firm was required to do pro bono work, and (choke!) did it! And as an employee of the firm, Roberts worked for a client!

I LOVE how the left uses the word GAY as a weapon to try to split GOP support for a judge who, when employed as a lawyer, worked as a lawyer. The hypocrisy of those who are always bitching about gays being stigmatized using gays to stigmatize is just beautiful.

7 posted on 08/03/2005 9:53:31 PM PDT by Dr.Hilarious
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next, he'll be bunking with Souter ... (/sarcasm)


8 posted on 08/03/2005 9:54:39 PM PDT by 11th_VA (BORDER SECURITY NOT SOCIAL SECURITY - I'm voting 3rd Party)
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"John G. Roberts Jr. worked behind the scenes for a coalition of gay-rights activists

So what?

9 posted on 08/03/2005 9:54:45 PM PDT by dano1
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This is bad news. The issue was too important to treat as a purely professional matter. Unless the story is badly wrong, we now have our first piece of genuinely disturbing news about Roberts. When the Rats praise a Republican, there's almost always a reason.

We still have to support the guy, and we can still hope that he'll be with us 90 percent of the time. But even a justice who is 10 percent wrong can do a lot of damage.


10 posted on 08/03/2005 9:55:08 PM PDT by California Patriot
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There is no other record of Roberts being involved in gay-rights cases that would suggest his position on such issues.

Don't worry, doing his job this once is enough for the Ann Coulter Was Right! crowd.

11 posted on 08/03/2005 9:55:50 PM PDT by Dr.Hilarious
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The issue was too important to treat as a purely professional matter.

Exactly.

12 posted on 08/03/2005 9:55:53 PM PDT by k2blader (Hic sunt dracones..)
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"Then a lawyer specializing in appellate work, the conservative Roberts helped represent the gay activists as part of his law firm's pro bono work. While he did not write the legal briefs or argue the case before the Supreme court, he was instrumental in reviewing the filings and preparing oral arguments, according to several lawyers intimately involved in the case."

Oh my..... You mean to to;ll me that John Roberts did what he was told when his boss's told him to do some pro bono work.... I'm Shocked... Shocked I tell ya

This is nothing but an attempt by the left to discredit him among the Conservative Base

13 posted on 08/03/2005 9:55:58 PM PDT by MJY1288 (Whenever a Liberal is Speaking on the Senate Floor, Al-Jazeera Breaks in and Covers it LIVE)
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It's one thing to be hired to represent a client. It's another to do volunteer work for free. That infers you believe the client's cause is worthy.

Weren't there any conservative organizations that needed free legal representation?


14 posted on 08/03/2005 9:57:40 PM PDT by balch3
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I think it's a good thing that a lawyer defends zeaously his client. But I also think that lawyers should have ethics and not take cases they don't believe in. In my opinion, we all have to do what we can and use our abilities in all order of things to make this society a better place. Not doing so is lack of ethics.


15 posted on 08/03/2005 9:58:40 PM PDT by angelanddevil2
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That's exactly what it is. As you can see from some of the posts here, it is working.


16 posted on 08/03/2005 10:00:41 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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It's one thing to be hired to represent a client. It's another to do volunteer work for free. That infers you believe the client's cause is worthy.

Where do you get that from? The job had to be done, he did it.

Weren't there any conservative organizations that needed free legal representation?

Apparently not. I haven't seen anything stating he passed up working on some conservative group's case for this. And I imagine it is just what a good employee does--work on a pro bono job.

17 posted on 08/03/2005 10:01:03 PM PDT by Dr.Hilarious
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I am suspicious but not enough to reject roberts.

When it comes to this type of work, you do not HAVE to do something that objects your conscience. If he worked for a megafirm with hundreds of lawyers this does not mean much but do not underestimate the value of collaberation.

If this is an indication of how he would rule on homosexual marriage, then it is a dealbreaker. As a lawyer he should already KNOW that homosexuals already have access to cohabitation and estate planning. (even just making a deed "tenancy by the entireties" produces right now what homosexuals claim they don't have)


18 posted on 08/03/2005 10:01:18 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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If this article is true, why are the Lefty 'RATS working so hard to keep Roberts from being confirmed? The MSM wants Republicans to start whining about Roberts so they can use Republicans whining about Roberts in their ads and on talk shows.


19 posted on 08/03/2005 10:03:04 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
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Maybe he believes gays shouldn't be discriminated against. I don't think that's some radical out there concept that means he's unfit for the court. I don't know the full details of the case so I can't say how I feel about this particular situation, but I feel better about him doing this than fighting FOR discrimination against gays. I can hate their agenda, fight against their trying to indoctrinate kids in schools, and all that, without calling for them to be fired just because they do something in their own homes. Oh, right, that makes me a liberal to some around here.


20 posted on 08/03/2005 10:04:16 PM PDT by Dr.Hilarious
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