Posted on 10/09/2005 9:50:34 PM PDT by msnimje
The long-standing relationship between high court nominee Harriet Miers and Texas jurist Nathan Hecht entrances and puzzles their friends.
By Scott Gold and Richard A. Serrano, Times Staff Writers
HOUSTON He was a country boy who grew up on a wheat farm, she a city girl who played on her high school tennis team.
The lives of Nathan Hecht and Harriet E. Miers began to intertwine in the early 1970s, shortly after they finished law school at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
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Soon, they were rising stars at the same law firm, and their lives seemed to be converging in every way. They were earnest, ambitious and increasingly affectionate with one another. Friends thought they would get married.
Instead, for 30 years, Hecht and Miers President Bush's Supreme Court nominee have nurtured a kinship that has entranced and confounded their closest friends. They are traditional conservatives content in a modern, nontraditional relationship, one that leaves plenty of time for their true love, their work, to take center stage.
Romantic at times, the relationship has played an important role in their ascent to power she as White House counsel, he as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court, where he has served for 15 years.
"I think they thought seriously about getting married," said Dallas commercial litigation attorney Brady Sparks, who lived across the hall from Hecht in law school and has been friends with Hecht and Miers ever since. "They both decided that it just wasn't in the cards for the agenda they both wanted, and that was to do about three lifetimes worth of work in one lifetime." -snip-
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Well, I have offered you evidence, circumstantial evidence. What would constitute "proof" for you? His own admission? Give him time, he lacks the conviction and self-admiration of Barney Frank.
Not every life-long bachelor is gay. There are many unmarried people...think of Condi Rice for one. Too busy, no one meets standards, more intellectual than social, etc. We all choose a unique path so why judge someone by marital status?
No, you're not that kind of guy. But you are the kind of guy who accuses someone of being gay without adequate proof. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Exactly- there is a standing joke between me & my brother in law-
"Where's my 200 head of prime beef cattle?"
He was so worried his "little Sis" would never get married that he rashly swore, in public, that the first man to marry his sister would get 200 head of cattle. And his undying loyalty. And I've never let him forget it.
After 21 years, I also kind of doubt I'm going to take delivery on the herd, either.
Like many people, she had a career that took precedence over marriage when she was young- and like a lot of single, public figures ( yes, in our little bailiwick, she was somewhat famous ), there were rumors and hints and mutterings that she was gay, too-- although by my reckoning, she's about a hetro as any woman I've ever known.
As far as this story goes? Who knows? It's kind of charming- but I really don't think it's anyone else's business.
I have absolutely no problem with a gay man or lesbian sitting on the Supreme Court-provided that they meet other criteria-but I certainly do have objections-very strong ones, in fact-to nominating an individual who could possibly be exposed to a public "outing," or subjected to black mail in order to prevent one.
Ah, now there's an excellent point.
We have no reason to believe she's gay, but on the remote chance that she is, and is concealing her sexual orientation in order to prevent an outcry among evangelicals-or for whatever reason-then we're in some deep sh*t.
I don't think she's gay either.
In general though, people commonly forget the risk of blackmail when dealing with that question.
The only point I'm trying to make is that the most far-fetched scenarios are not so unrealistic when you are dealing with a complete enigma.
Agreed.
Don't know if Souter is gay, but apparently not all "confirmed bachelors" are. Brian Lamb of C-SPAN just got married for the first time about 2 weeks ago. He is 64.
There is no proof that Souter is gay. You are correct. There is some circumstantial evidence. Now, normally, it would not be polite to accuse someone of being gay for that.
Personally, however, I have always felt that there are a small number of people who are so detestable, that is it OK to accuse them of such because:
1. They deserve it.
2. It makes me feel better to know that it is still possible to "accuse" someone of being gay.
I guess he would fall into the "secret beliefs" category though.
Also, I will add that there is a cultural responsibility to accuse certain people of being gay whether or not they really are.
For example, every time Richard Gere's name comes up, it is important to bring up Gerbils, even though we all know that story is "false" from a truth standpoint, yet it is "true" from a cultural standpoint.
It is opportunities like this that allow conservatives to dip our toes into the idiotic "truth is relative" world that liberals live in. Remember, know thy enemy. In this case, we do it at the expense of Richard Gere, and perhaps Souter (although I think he probobaly is gay).
...but also the assertion from her detractors that she's a devout Christian.
Oops, I meant "supporters".
How do you figure that?
My, you people (anti-Miers crowd) have active imaginations.
Um, isn't it fairly obvious? Decades-long "European" relationships aren't exactly consistent with the teachings of what's-his-name... that Jesus fellow. Unless you are claiming that their decades-long relationship, which was "at times romantic", was strictly platonic?
I'm claiming that:
1. Neither you nor I know the private details of the lady's love life;
2. It's none of our damn business.
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