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This is not a federal judge but a state judge. The court he was nominated for was the lowest trial court in Virginia and he would not have "social engineering" cases coming before him.
In addition to which, there is no reason to presume that a gay judge would be any more likely to have a "social engineering agenda" than a straight judge.
Now, how about answering the question?
The question was, do any conservatives want to weigh in, so I did.
This guy was just one of many nominees, he didn't get the votes, Virginia has spoken.
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Marshall, the Family Foundation of Virginia and others who raised concerns about Thorne-Begland’s nomination said they did not object to him because he is gay, but because of his outspokenness on the subject of gay rights.
“I would guess — law of averages — we’ve probably nominated people who have homosexual inclinations,” Marshall said. He faulted Thorne-Begland for coming out as a gay Naval officer on “Nightline” two decades ago to challenge the military’s now-repealed ban on gays openly serving in the military. He said that the action amounted not just to insubordination, but to a waste of taxpayer dollars, since it resulted in his dismissal from the Navy. “The Navy spent $1 million training him,” Marshall said. “That’s cheating the country out of the investment in him.”
Is the Washington Post too liberal for you as well? I searched the right wing news and all I seem to be getting is this. WE FOUND 0 RESULTS FOR: "TRACY THORNE-BEGLAND I wonder why
Justice Walker was appointed by Republicans and has voted against gays on multiple occasions. His legal opinion in prop 8 was agreed upon by most legal authorities in the country. Has nothing to do with his being gay. Anyone but a homophobic bigot would have turned down Prop 8 too.
And by your logic, no straight person can rule on any case involving heterosexuals, so let's ban all heterosexual judges.
When you guys outnumber the rest of us I think that what you suggest may well come to pass.
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