Dale Carpenter takes a look at what's really motivating some gay activists to oppose Alito (hint: it's not gay rights).
Joe Solmonese's Human Rights Campaign hits a new low by
declaring:
A glance at his resume reads like an anti-gay textbook. From striking down a policy that protected gay students from harassment to his view that would threaten Congress' power to enact non-discrimination laws, he's the wrong choice for the court.
As I've
noted before, even the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
supports the Alito free-speech ruling that HRC condemns as
"anti-gay."
Moreover, Alito ruled to protect a gay student from harassment in
another decision that didn't involve draconian restrictions on
speech. And he said specifically during his testimony that Congress
has the right to pass anti-discrimiation laws that protect
gays.
Abortion-rights activist Solmonese should have stayed at Emily's List, where he happily endorsed supporters of the anti-gay federal Marriage Protection Amendment. Abortion over all!
As Carpenter writes, "The national gay groups...have pretty much
taken themselves out of any serious debate about President Bush's
judicial nominees."