Daniel's letter to Justice Roberts re: gay marriage: "I was told that I was considered 'unadoptable'

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8. His children are, I believe, adopted, so maybe he will.

By Ian Millhiser on Mar 14, 2013 at 2:40 pm

The "second-best option" for the Roberts children

When President Bush announced his decision to nominate future-Chief Justice John Roberts to the Supreme Court, his wife Jane stood nearby holding the hands of two beautiful children — Jack and Josie Roberts. Both of these children were born in Ireland, and later adopted by the future Chief Justice and his wife. Justice Clarence Thomas also has an adopted son, his grandnephew Mark Martin, Jr., who Thomas adopted when Martin was six.

So it is a bit hard to understand why a top anti-gay advocate decided to insult adoptive parents in general — and Chief Justice Roberts in particular — as the justices are preparing to hear two cases that will decide whether same-sex couples will enjoy the same right to marry as all other Americans. According to John Eastman, a law professor and chair of the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage, Roberts and Thomas’ adopted children are only growing up in the “second-best” environment:

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/14/1721541/top-anti-gay-attorney-insults-chief-justice-roberts-and-justice-thomas-decisions-to-adopt-children/?mobile=nc