Really? Is Thomas for affirmative action and pro feminism?
Did you see this?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1498195/posts?q=1&&page=201
"Miers' time on Dallas City Council provides some insight"
Miers was one of 10 Dallas council members to unanimously approve a 1989 agenda item that revised minimum height, weight and vision requirements for Dallas firefighters to facilitate "promotion of certain ranks in the Fire Department," particularly women.
The agenda item's title: "Implementation of Fire Department Affirmative Action Plan."
It is very interesting. Which goes hand in hand with this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1498109/posts
In the late 1990s, as a member of the advisory board for Southern Methodist University's law school, Ms. Miers pushed for the creation of an endowed lecture series in women's studies named for Louise B. Raggio, one of the first women to rise to prominence in the Texas legal community ...Ms. Miers, whom President Bush announced on Monday as his choice to fill the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, not only advocated for the lecture series, but also gave money and solicited donations to help get it off the ground ... A feminist icon, Gloria Steinem, delivered the series's first lecture, in 1998.
I just mean Miers is like Thomas in the regards that she is highly influenced by religion, at the time of her appointment she really isn't qualified, she's a "diversity" nomination, and she is going to be held up as a target for ridiculing conservative jurisprudence.
I happen to like Thomas and think he's turned out to be a good Justice regardless of all these things. But to claim any of the above was untrue would be intellectually dishonest.