Major Gay Rights Groups Announce Opposition To Roberts

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/08/082505roberts.htm

Four of the nation's largest LGBT civil rights groups Thursday officially announced their opposition to the nomination of Judge John Roberts for the US Supreme Court.

The Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays issued a joint statement calling on the Senate to reject President Bush's candidate for the court.

"Since President Bush nominated John Roberts on July 19, disturbing evidence has emerged about the kind of justice that he would be," the joint statement said. "His writings as a lawyer, his rulings as a judge, and his statements as a policymaker all lead us to the unfortunate conclusion that Judge Roberts would not vote to protect our civil rights from those who are, at this moment, fighting so hard to take them away. Instead, his record indicates that Judge Roberts would vote to roll back the constitutional protections upon which our community — and all Americans — rely."

[Trillo]

1. I've got to wonder what is in the writings not released. n/t

[wli]

2. I've got a few guesses

e.g. saying the chainsaw massacres by Latin American death squads were legal, advocating public executions of gays and/or saying that AIDS was a good thing because it killed gay people, etc.

Or at least that's what I expect from such Republicans.