I see from a number of the posts on this thread that the left's smear tactic campaign is working.
Has anybody asked him why he did it? Has anybody done research on the case? Maybe there was some actual discrimination going on, above and beyond what the homos usually complain about? Has anybody asked him if he thought it was a mistake?
You people sure are quick to act on this, aren't you.
I can tell you what the case was about. Colorado had a statewide initiative to prohibit local governments from telling employers and landlords that they can't make homosexuality a criterion for denying a job or an apartment to someone. The initiative passed, and SCOTUS struck it down using some of the most specious legal reasoning in its entire history. And Roberts was helping the homosexual side of the case pro bono.
I remember the case, or one very similar, a Christain couple, did not want to rent a rent house or apartment to an openly homo renter, went to court an lost. This was the case that allowed homo's to claim protected minority status, was a landmark "guy rights" case. If Roberts donated his free time to this case he is no conservative.
I'm certain Bush knew. From the other side, once again the liberal cut off a hand which feeds them by attacking their cause
Or maybe like Coulte rhas been saying a Stealth nominee is a Souter in Scalia's clothing!
I'm from Colorado and I know the Romer case well. It was a terrible decision by the Supremes and may be one of the most extreme cases of judicial activism with absolutely NO constitutional or statutory basis in existence. I cannot imagine any explanation that would satisfy me as to why an attorney would give pro-bono time to this case.
BTW, the issue in Romer was solely the constitutionality of a Referendum passed by Colorado voters saying that homosexuals did not get special treatment of any kind under Colorado law. The Supremes invalidated the statute.