A Gay Supreme Court Justice? Gay President?

The Wall Street Journal law blog had a topic that is sure to generate discussion around the nation.  The basis for the post was the recent poll conducted by CBS News and Vanity Fair regarding the approval level for the idea of a gay Supreme Court Justice, or President of the United States.  Apart from the poll results, I find it important that we are even polling on these matters.  That in and of itself speaks volumes about where we are as a nation.  Both good and bad.    In one sense I think it laughable anyone would care the sexuality of a justice or president, and therefore who cares as long as they are competent.  But given the long struggle for full and equal rights for gay Americans the very act of polling such questions means the nation as a whole is moving forward.

And how do poll respondents feel about the prospect of an openly gay president? Fifty percent say they would support the idea; 44 percent say they’re against it. Of all the categories asked in the poll, the respondents seem to feel the most comfortable with the idea of an openly gay Super Bowl quarterback: 62 percent say they’d support that idea; 29 percent say they’d oppose it.

The issue is academic for now, but it might not be for long. President Obama may soon inherit another Supreme Court vacancy, if Justice John Paul Stevens, who will be 90 next month, decides to step down. Two candidates rumored to have been on his short list after David Souter stepped down last year, Stanford Law professor Pam Karlan and former Stanford Law Dean and current Quinn Emanuel name partner, Kathleen Sullivan, are openly gay.

The nomination of a gay man or woman to the High Court may not derail his or her candidacy, but would likely provide an extra hurdle. On the prospect of it, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), said last year that it made him “uneasy.”

I think the idea of Sessions naked having sex of any kind makes a majority of the nation “uneasy.”

And just in case you need to confirm I am right…….