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To: nuffsenuff
I would be perfectly happy with Roberts representing gays who had a legitimate gripe -- suppression of free speech, or something -- but this is different.

The case before the Supreme Court, Romer vs. Evans, dealt with a voter-approved 1992 Colorado initiative that would have allowed employers and landlords to exclude gays from jobs and housing.

Neither gays nor anyone else has a "right" to work for / live with a property owner who doesn't want them there. If Roberts fought this law, screw him.

20 posted on 08/04/2005 7:47:48 AM PDT by Sloth (History's greatest monsters: Hitler, Stalin, Mao & Durbin)
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To: Sloth

Sloth, even that description of the Romer case is slanted. What the Colorado voters said was that you can't make homosexuality a protected category with special rights.

This is really upsetting news. Roberts is a guy who has been positioning himself for power all of his life. Is the late-acquired wife just part of that positioning?


28 posted on 08/04/2005 7:51:10 AM PDT by lady lawyer
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To: Sloth

So what you're saying is that a private employer or owner can discriminate against sexual choice but not against religion, race, creed or gender?

Isn't that kind of contradictory?


61 posted on 08/04/2005 8:13:25 AM PDT by kx9088
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