Both Republicans and Democrats have a problem with Miers

[kweerwolf]

An antigay US Senator says Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has assured him that a stand she took in favor of equal rights for gays and lesbians 16 years ago would not factor into her rulings on the Supreme Court, should she be confirmed.

Colorado Republican Wayne Allard is the senate sponsor of a proposed amendment to the US constitution banning same-sex marriage. The Denver Post reports that Allard met with Miers for about 40 minutes.

Afterward, Allard said he did not ask Miers directly about her views on gay marriage or the right to privacy. But he did ask her about her responses to questionnaires she filled out during her 1989 run for the Dallas City Council. Asked by the Lesbian-Gay Political Coalition of Dallas whether she believed gays and lesbians "should have the same civil rights" as straight people, Miers responded "Yes." She said she did not support the repeal of the Texas sodomy law.

Senator Allard told the Denver Post he asked Miers how—having taken a public position on gay rights as a candidate—she would approach the issue as a judge. Allard said, "She assures me that those are her own personal views and as a judge she will look at the facts of the case."

http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid21790.asp

[Democrats_win]

1. She IS a good politician! Tailor your answers to your audience.

When she was running for office in a big ciy where the votes she needed were from people who support gay rights because gays support small businesses in cities, she supported gay rights.

Now that she needs the votes from homophobic senators with cow manure for brains, she no longer supports gay rights.

All I say is, brilliant! Put that woman on the supreme court!

We need more people without character on the court. Duck hunter crony Scalia and employee-sexual-harasser Thomas are not enough! We need more incompetence and court jesters on the supreme joke.