Tuesday, May 18, 2010
and now for something completely different...
The next time someone asks you, "Hey, howdja get to be a homosexual anyway?" tell them, "Homosexuals are chosen first on talent, then interview... then the swimsuit and evening gown competition pretty much gets rid of the rest of them." ~Karen Williams
Sen. Jim DeMint Fought a Lesbian Judge ... and the Lesbian Judge Won
You can't keep a good woman down. Or, in the case of Marisa Demeo, you can't keep a good woman off the federal bench. That's the lesson Sen. Jim DeMint and the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) learned this week, as the U.S. Senate finally voted on Demeo's nomination for a seat on the D.C. Superior Court.
Sen. DeMint and the TVC worked hard to keep Demeo off the bench. Why? Did she do something illegal in her past? Did she speak ill of America? Steal the last cookie from the cookie jar?
Nope. But Demeo is openly lesbian, and for DeMint and the TVC, that was enough to treat her nomination like the plague. A letter circulated by the TVC became public this week, where they called on U.S. Senators to delay, stall and eventually kill Demeo's nomination to the court because of her lesbian ways.
"As an open, radical lesbian, Demeo has openly condemned the effort to amend our Constitution to protect marriage as a one-man, one-woman union," the group wrote. "Demeo supports gay marriage, claiming it is a constitutional right. She also claims that LGBT individuals are equal to racial minorities and can claim protection as minorities under our civil rights laws."
The horror! A judge who thinks gay marriage is a constitutional right. Who does she think she is, Ted Olson?
Sen. DeMint had been the lead U.S. senator holding up Demeo's nomination. Indeed, Demeo was nominated by the Obama administration a year ago, becoming one of the first LGBT nominations put forward by Obama. But 525,600 minutes later, she still hadn't been confirmed.
Until last night, when the U.S. Senate finally got its ship in order and moved to clear her nomination. The vote? 'Twas 66-32, largely along party lines (although kudos to the half dozen or so Republicans that stood up to Sen. Jim DeMint and the TVC, and recognized that a jurist should be judged on her ability to lead from the bench, not by who she sleeps with or loves).
Meanwhile, here's looking forward to seeing "D.C. Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo" on some business cards. We'll be sure to send one to Sen. Jim DeMint's office.
Sen. DeMint and the TVC worked hard to keep Demeo off the bench. Why? Did she do something illegal in her past? Did she speak ill of America? Steal the last cookie from the cookie jar?
Nope. But Demeo is openly lesbian, and for DeMint and the TVC, that was enough to treat her nomination like the plague. A letter circulated by the TVC became public this week, where they called on U.S. Senators to delay, stall and eventually kill Demeo's nomination to the court because of her lesbian ways.
"As an open, radical lesbian, Demeo has openly condemned the effort to amend our Constitution to protect marriage as a one-man, one-woman union," the group wrote. "Demeo supports gay marriage, claiming it is a constitutional right. She also claims that LGBT individuals are equal to racial minorities and can claim protection as minorities under our civil rights laws."
The horror! A judge who thinks gay marriage is a constitutional right. Who does she think she is, Ted Olson?
Sen. DeMint had been the lead U.S. senator holding up Demeo's nomination. Indeed, Demeo was nominated by the Obama administration a year ago, becoming one of the first LGBT nominations put forward by Obama. But 525,600 minutes later, she still hadn't been confirmed.
Until last night, when the U.S. Senate finally got its ship in order and moved to clear her nomination. The vote? 'Twas 66-32, largely along party lines (although kudos to the half dozen or so Republicans that stood up to Sen. Jim DeMint and the TVC, and recognized that a jurist should be judged on her ability to lead from the bench, not by who she sleeps with or loves).
Meanwhile, here's looking forward to seeing "D.C. Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo" on some business cards. We'll be sure to send one to Sen. Jim DeMint's office.
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