Ethics

Focus on the Family: Gay Justices Okay

By Ed Brayton

This is kind of weird. A spokesman for Focus on the Family apparently said that the organization has no problem with a gay justice being placed on the Supreme Court. And other religious righters are none too happy about it:

Focus on the Family has no problem with a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court being a homosexual? To confirm the accuracy and validity of comments made by Bruce Hausknecht, a spokesperson for Focus on the Family, I called and spoke with Bruce Hausknecht and Bruce confirmed that his quotes in an article on the Plum Line website were accurate. I asked him three times if they were accurate quotes and each time Bruce affirmed they were.

In the article Mr. Hausknecht is quoted as saying, "We agree with Senator Sessions...The issue is not their sexual orientation. It's whether they are a good judge or not." Hausknecht said their sexual orientation "should never come up...It's not even pertinent to the equation." Hausknecht continued, "Our concern at the Supreme Court is judicial philosophy...Sexual orientation only becomes an issue if it effects their judging."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).