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"She is single, and has never been married. This is rather unusual, and will raise some questions, certainly.
Like what?"

It is unusual in this society for a woman, who is now age 60, never to have been married. The questions, I am afraid, are quite obvious. Some will ask if she is heterosexual or not. That question already appears here and there on the web.

Is it relevant? Personally, I don't think so, but the question will be raised. If you haven't already seen it raised, you will.

Don't conflate my acknowledgement that a question will be asked with my asking the question.

Dear MineralMan,

"Is it relevant? Personally, I don't think so,..."

I don't know. Rumor has it that there is currently a sitting justice who is a homosexual. One wonders how this has played out in rulings in recent years concerning homosexuality, privacy rights, and yes, abortion.

I think one can make the case that it is relevant, in that it may represent an otherwise-hidden bias.

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Well, Dr. Rice has never been married. As for questions being asked, the Democrats are the last ones who should be asking them. I admit the idea of Ted Kennedy or Hillary Clinton questioning why she isn't married is entertaining, though. After all, not every woman is lucky enough to find a caring, attentive, sober, faithful husband like Ted Kennedy or Bill Clinton!

To me, suggestions that she is homosexual simply because she never has married are offensive. I see it as on par with questions about the circumstances of Judge Roberts' adoption of his children, or John Kerry's debate reference to the Cheneys' daughter.

From what I've read, this candidate has been affiliated with Christian organizations, suggesting that she is unlikely to be a homosexual rights activist. Being married is no guarantee of heterosexuality, nor is it a guarantee of conservative voting. I don't see any reason for concern about her advocating an unconstitutional homosexual rights agenda, certainly not if the only basis for that suspicion is that she never has been married. Is Justice Ginsburg married? I believe so, yet marriage certainly doesn't seem to have diminished her credentials with the homosexual rights lobby.

I agree with you that the question should not be raised. I find it so inappropriate that I also would say it should not be acknowledged or seriously debated by Washington. Perhaps I misunderstood your post; I thought you were saying the fact that "questions will be raised" suggested she should not have been appointed. To the extent that these "questions" are raised by Democrats, it simply will further demonstrate the hypocrisy of the left. Those who would proclaim her as homosexual only because she never has been married I would call ignorant, regardless of political affiliation.