From what I can glean, Bush Supreme Court pick John Roberts doesn't have much of a record on gay issues. Sure, I wish Bush had gone with someone showing a more libertarian-conservative bent. But I see no glaring red flags, either, at this point anyway. Roberts appears to be a pro-business conservative who is not coming out of the extreme or religious right. In short, unlike, say, former ACLU head attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he isn't a movement activist.
Nevertheless, the heavily partisan liberal-left gay media and activist groups immediately condemned the nomination. The Advocate, drawing on the Human Rights Campaign, castigates Roberts over abortion, prayer at graduation ceremonies, and the Endangered Species Act. No, I'm not making this up. [Note: Original Advocate story is now gone, replaced by a more balanced report sans Endangered Species Act. Aside from HRC, looks like gay media/activists realized they can't paint Roberts as a fire-breather, as much as they initially wanted to.]
Update: More from HRC on the "grave
danger" posed by Roberts, who would tip the court to the "far
right." Hint: it's all about abortion.