Mr. Conservative says,
"Sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged." -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaking at Harvard University Sept. 29, according to The Harvard Crimson.
So he isn't against sex per say, just when gay people do it.
Thursday, November 11, 2004
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You might want to look at the correction to the quote published here. It appears that Scalia was misquoted in the original article.
I followed your link and there was no mention of the Scalia article. I actually went to the Crimson paper to get the quote I used; I'd be interested in learning what their correction (or proper context) of Scalia's comment was in the first place.
If you click on your link to the story and look in the right sidebar there is a section called "Corrections for this story." It states:
The Sept. 29 news story "Scalia Describes 'Dangerous' Trend" misquoted Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as saying that "I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged." In fact, Scalia said, "I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged."
"The Sept. 29 news story "Scalia Describes 'Dangerous' Trend" misquoted Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as saying that "I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged." In fact, Scalia said, "I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged."
Assuming he was misquoted (as I am sure he realized when this was called to his attention,) and given the fact that its probably very easy for public figures to get misqoted, assuming all this is true..What do you see is the major difference in his correction?
I think the difference is that he didn't say, "This is my position." He simply said that for the sake of argument I'm going to concede this point, whether I agree with it or not.
It would be like Jerry Falwell saying, "For the sake of argument I'll concede that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle..." but then you know that a great big "but" is going to follow.
I'm not suggesting that Scalia doesn't believe what he said, just that you can't tell by the way he presented it. He may. He may not.
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