CA state judicial survey asks judges to reveal their sexual preference (Los Angeles: live, bill)

[18Montclair]

I thought we wanted government out of our bedrooms?

Of the 1,005 California judges who responded to the sexual orientation inquiry in the state’s latest judicial survey, 969 identified as heterosexual and 36 identified as gay or lesbian, reports the Los Angeles Times. Approximately 40 percent of the state’s judges selected the “none of your business” option; they refused to answer the question...

Equality California, the largest statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights advocacy organization in California, proposed the idea last year in SB 182, also known as the Judicial Applicant and Appointment Demographics Inclusion Act. According to the group, sexual orientation demographic information is "essential in creating a more diverse judiciary," reports Fox News...

Are New Cal Judicial Survey Questions an Invasion of Privacy? - Court News - California Case Law

[Bulldogdad]

What's the problem?

I thought Liberals and the Gay agenda were all about engineering a society more accepting of sexual diversity?

[.highnlite]

Blonde, north European descent, works for me.

[MovingAloha]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

I thought we wanted government out of our bedrooms?

Having government out of our bedrooms is applicable to all in powerful positions no matter what political party!!

[jaijai]

Geesh, when are people going to get over their obsession with other people's sexuality?!
It's so incredibly lame and immature.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

I thought we wanted government out of our bedrooms?

I don't think this is anyone's business, but why would someone, especially a liberal care either way. We are always being told everyone should be open about their lives so maybe this will make a few people think about how open they do want the books?

Nita

[Curmudgeon]

Only in California!

[WesternPilgrim]

Originally Posted by jaijai

Geesh, when are people going to get over their obsession with other people's sexuality?!
It's so incredibly lame and immature.

Jaijai, let me explain. BLGTs are discriminated against in society by all the right-wing haters in California, especially the haters in the central valley. Due to this discrimination, GBLTs are underrepresented in the judiciary. That's not fair. The government's job is to correct this unbalanced situation by ensuring that LTGBs are promoted to the judiciary in proportion to their numbers (preferably using the demographics of San Francisco as an approximation of the true percentage of GLTBs in society, or what that percentage would be if they were out of the closet.)

Government can't fix the situation if they don't know who the GTBLs are!

By the way, the knuckle-dragging mossback haters who refused to disclose their sexual orientation are going to pay. They're all probably closet gays anyway. Same as the ones who identified as straight.

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by WesternPilgrim

Jaijai, let me explain. BLGTs are discriminated against in society by all the right-wing haters in California, especially the haters in the central valley. Due to this discrimination, GBLTs are underrepresented in the judiciary. That's not fair. The government's job is to correct this unbalanced situation by ensuring that LTGBs are promoted to the judiciary in proportion to their numbers (preferably using the demographics of San Francisco as an approximation of the true percentage of GLTBs in society, or what that percentage would be if they were out of the closet.)

Government can't fix the situation if they don't know who the GTBLs are!

By the way, the knuckle-dragging mossback haters who refused to disclose their sexual orientation are going to pay. They're all probably closet gays anyway. Same as the ones who identified as straight.

Make up your mind!

Funny. You can't ask anyone else their sexual orientation or even their sex on applications for most jobs. Why a difference for those responsible for upholding the law?

[doctrain]

Originally Posted by nmnita

I don't think this is anyone's business, but why would someone, especially a liberal care either way. We are always being told everyone should be open about their lives so maybe this will make a few people think about how open they do want the books?

Nita

"The bill, which was sponsored by state Sen. Ellen Corbett, requests optional information from judicial candidates about sexual orientation and gender identification. Equality California hopes that providing this information to the Governor will lead to more judicial applicants and appointments from underrepresented groups, according to CitizenLink." (highlights added)

"Several judges, however, told Fox News that the judicial survey was a waste of time and offensive."

" It's interesting that Equality California was lobbying for this bill last year while ProtectMarraige was arguing that retired-Judge Vaughn Walker committed judicial misconduct by failing to disclose his sexual orientation before hearing the Prop 8 challenge. Don't sexual orientation and gender identification surveys open the door for more accusations of bias in the courts?"

Are New Cal Judicial Survey Questions an Invasion of Privacy? - Court News - California Case Law