(2009-03-24) — After Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA, admitted he feared a Supreme Court ruling on homosexual marriage because “that homophobe Antonin Scalia has too many votes on this current Court“, the associate justice called on all Americans to “have patience with Rep. Frank as he struggles with his heterophobia.”
“Barney Frank, accustomed as he is to putting like with like, apparently fears things that are hetero…meaning different,” Mr. Scalia said. “Under our Constitution, the judicial and legislative branches are not homo — meaning the same. If the people want to create law about issues not mentioned in the Constitution, they have the power to do so through their elected representatives. The judiciary is a different branch, with different enumerated powers.”
Mr. Scalia refused to speculate about “whether Rep. Frank’s heterophobia is genetic or simply a lifestyle choice, but in either case,” he said, “it demonstrably weakens the constitution and harms society in general.”
34 responses so far ↓
1 boberinyetagain // Mar 24, 2009 at 7:25 am
There are 57 varieties as well or so I've been led to believe. It must mean something…to someone…somewhere…
2 JamesonLewis3rd // Mar 24, 2009 at 7:26 am
Yes, I’ve heard that Scalia has, like, 20,000 votes.
3 boberinyetagain // Mar 24, 2009 at 8:04 am
That many? Does seem like a lot.
4 Fred Sinclair // Mar 24, 2009 at 8:28 am
JL3rd #1 - I believe that John Adams knew there were (in his day?) going to be Barney Franks in the future, so he addressed the issue (and warned us)
““We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions which are unbridled by morality and true religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
That’s John Adams, one of the founders. Now, of course, people who are unbridled by morality or the immoral, if you will, and the people who are not truly religious, this Constitution – and he’s dead right, I mean he was one of the founders – this Constitution is a restriction to them. I mean it is punitive to them. And he said this Constitution cannot deal with people like that. (from Rush Limbaugh.com)
5 gafisher // Mar 24, 2009 at 8:39 am
“Barney Franks, accustomed as he is …”
[Editor's Note: Thank you for the correction.]
6 gafisher // Mar 24, 2009 at 8:47 am
“… Scalia has too many votes on this current Court …”
It is extremely unlikely Justice Ginsberg’s replacement, should she retire, would change the current balance.
(Just idle speculation, but what would happen if Obama was pressured to replace her with a member of that third “great world religion” we’ve heard so much about the past fifteen or twenty years?)
7 boberinyetagain // Mar 24, 2009 at 9:04 am
As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation. But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?
- John Adams, letter to FA Van der Kamp, December 27, 1816
Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it.
- John Adams, letter to his son, John Quincy Adams, November 13, 1816, from James A Haught, ed, 2000 Years of Disbelief
Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?
- John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson, May 19, 1821, from James A Haught, ed, 2000 Years of Disbelief
I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved — the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!
- John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson, from George Seldes, The Great Quotations, also from James A Haught, ed, 2000 Years of Disbelief
8 Fred Sinclair // Mar 24, 2009 at 10:10 am
from JWR yesterday:
“If I am I because I am I, and you are you because you are you, then I am I and you are you. But if I am I because you are you and you are you because I am I, then I am not I and you are not you!” — Rebbe Menachem
Mendel of Kotzk
I don’t see the possibility of any room in there for the likes of Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, SanFranNan, Dingy Harry or any of the rest of the gang of thugs surrounding their messiah.
Unless The Lord makes Himself real to them they will one day hear the most awful words ever to be spoken. ” And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” (Matt. 7:23)
9 Scalia Answer’s Barney Frank’s Hate Speech « Rantings of mine // Mar 24, 2009 at 10:29 am
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10 GayPatriot » Scalia Urges Patience with Barney Frank’s Heterophobia // Mar 24, 2009 at 10:46 am
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11 Fred Sinclair // Mar 24, 2009 at 10:50 am
o.t. -
Obama is right. (I hate it when that happens.)
There really ARE 57 states…
In the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
12 Random Thoughts » The folly of men… // Mar 24, 2009 at 12:13 pm
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13 gafisher // Mar 24, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Laughable references, Bober Re#6. Haught’s “Atheist’s Bible” is most notable for misquotes, taken out of context, interspersed among the babblings of fools to give the false impression of agreement. Citing it undermines the credibility of any argument you might have intended to make, though frankly it’s not clear whether you were arguing a position or merely banging out something you’d read about, apropos nothing.
Doubt requires no courage, my friend.
14 boberinyetagain // Mar 24, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I was merely countering Fred in post 3…two can play the quote game…and most of the founding fathers had little respect for religion and i can produce multiple quotes from multiple sources to back that up.
and I disagree…doubt, in this context, can sentance one to eternal damnation…or so I’m told
15 Newsman // Mar 24, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Gee Fred:
Who is this Lord of whom you speak ?
I was always taught the Christian Lord is a loving and forgiving being and not what you portray him to be !
16 boberinyetagain // Mar 24, 2009 at 1:47 pm
This, and a host of others can be found…
“I had forgotten the custom of putting Prophets in the Stocks….It may be thought impiety by many, but I could not help wishing that the ancient practice had been continued down to more modern times and that all the Prophets at least from Peter the Hermit, to Nimrod Hews inclusively, had been confined in the Stocks and prevented from spreading so many delusions and shedding so much blood.” — letter to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1812
here…http://www.geocities.com/peterroberts.geo/Relig-Politics/JohnAdams.html#rlg
17 boberinyetagain // Mar 24, 2009 at 1:48 pm
which, i’m certain is yet another disreputable source as would all other examples offered.
Such is life
18 Scalia Urges Patience with Barney Frank’s Heterophobia « ACGR’s “News with Attitude” // Mar 24, 2009 at 1:51 pm
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19 boberinyetagain // Mar 24, 2009 at 1:54 pm
“No more than 10 percent- probably less- of Americans in 1800 were members of congregations.”
The Founding Fathers, also, rarely practiced Christian orthodoxy. Although they supported the free exercise of any religion, they understood the dangers of religion. Most of them believed in deism and attended Freemasonry lodges.
20 jacitelli // Mar 24, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Bob,
“and most of the founding fathers had little respect for religion ”
With all due respect, I believe our founding fathers had little respect for STATE RUN religions. A small but significant distinction.
Most of our founding fathers were religious, to say otherwise is simply revisionism.
21 GayPatriot » If you disagree with Barney Frank, you’re a bigot! // Mar 24, 2009 at 6:18 pm
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22 Fred Sinclair // Mar 24, 2009 at 6:19 pm
o.t. - I thought the following very interesting. The first I’ve seen calling for Armed Revolution, and from a Congresswoman at that. There will probably be more I’m afraid. Primarily because that may well be what B.O. wants. Giving him the excuse to declare martial law nationwide, putting U.S. Military on the streets to quell the mayhem.
Subj: Minnesota Congresswoman, Michele Bachman, Calls For Armed Revolution
Date: 3/24/2009 12:24:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Remember her? This is the same woman that called Nobama anti-American during the campaign last year.
We need more like her that aren’t afraid to speak the truth.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/gop-rep-channels-mccarthy_n_135735.html
Minnesota Congresswoman Calls For Armed Revolution
March 23rd, 2009 Posted By Pat.
“I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us ‘having a revolution every now and then is a good thing,’ and the people – we the people – are going to have to fight back hard if we’re not going to lose our country. And I think this has the potential of changing the dynamic of freedom forever in the United States.”
-Congresswoman Michele Bachman (R), Minnesota, live on WWTC 1280 AM with The Northern Alliance’s John Hinderaker and Brian Ward
“I’m a foreign correspondent on enemy lines and I try to let everyone back here in Minnesota know exactly the nefarious activities that are taking place in Washington.” -Bachman’s statement on her website, Twitter and MySpace pages
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“The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms”. (James Madison)
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“The Constitution shall never be construed… to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms”. (Samuel Adams)
23 camojack // Mar 24, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Lisping Bahney Fwank [sic] should be in prison (and might even like it there!) many times over for his various crimes…
24 Possumtrot // Mar 24, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Whoa, people! I just posted a few words over at United Possums International
About gun control and revolution, and now you’re ready to join me on the barricades?
No one is more ill about the swift and brutal ascension of national socialism than I am, but if we say “guns” and “revolution” in the same breath these days, the Thought Police will be around to drag us off to Re-education camps. My modest post asserts that by the time y’all wake up and start screaming “Revolution!” for real, you’ll have nothing to shake at the oppressors but your fingers. Inter armes, tacit legis”, or something Latin like that. I recall the translation from my misspent college years: “In the presence of force, the law is silent.” I may be mis-remembering, but I think you get my point.
I’m old enough to remember what Barney Frank got into trouble with originally. If I’d had a teenager of either gender trying to serve America at the time, I would’ve bought a bus ticket to Washington and beat the [stuffing] out of Frank before fetching the kid home. What he was involved with then he is doing to us all now. This site is family friendly, so that’s as far as I’ll go on the reprehensible Mr. Frank.
Is this Great Scott’s latest post? I am having so much stuff crammed down my throat so rapidly, I can’t catch a glance upwards for choking and gagging, much less to catch a breath and laugh.
I’ve seen Third World banana republics overthrown faster than what the American Republic is greasing up for.
I’m getting so tedious with “I told ya so!” Hang in there, kids!
25 Scalia Fights Back - nevadadan’s Diary - RedState // Mar 24, 2009 at 7:15 pm
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26 Newsman // Mar 24, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Ah Sheesh ! You guys are all hetereosexual.
Should I even say that outloud Fred ????
27 R.A.M. // Mar 24, 2009 at 8:13 pm
From #15: Newsman // Mar 24, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Gee Fred:
Who is this Lord of whom you speak ?
I was always taught the Christian Lord is a loving and forgiving being and not what you portray him to be !
Apparently who ever “taught” you about, (as you call him), the “Christian Lord”, must have left out those unpopular parts like, Noah and the great flood, Soddam and Ghormorah, and HELL, where the “loving and forgiving being” wipes out millions, if not BILLIONS!
I bet “they” taught you how to sing “Koombayah my Lord” though.
Some of you trolls are actually losing credibility with each post.
28 R.A.M. // Mar 24, 2009 at 8:17 pm
camo re #23: ONLY after he is tarred and feathered along side about 95% of Congress!
29 R.A.M. // Mar 24, 2009 at 8:32 pm
If Frank can call a sitting Supreme Court Justice a “homophobe” why can’t he call Barney the name, that I CANNOT say here?
Starts with an “f” and ends in AG, (no, NOT AIG), and it’s not FLAG, but it is close!
Doesn’t “hate speech” go both ways? Wonder if Barney does?
If so, “eligible women” may include:
Rosie, Joy Bahar, (wait, she just got married, or so she says), Janet Reno, or her twin separated at birth, Janet Napolitano, Helen Thomas, “Octomom”, Oprah, Barbara Walters, ANY of the trolls Moms, sisters, or Aunts, Obama in a dress, etc!
30 camojack // Mar 24, 2009 at 9:21 pm
R.A.M. // Mar 24, 2009 at 8:17 pm
camo re #23: ONLY after he is tarred and feathered along side about 95% of Congress!
That many, huh? You may be right, but I hope that’s an exaggeration…
31 MajorDomo // Mar 24, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Seems we’ve drifted far afield of the real problem: The incompetent faker in the White House. We are facing real problems, and the troll neros are fiddling. Let’s not join ‘em.
32 R.A.M. // Mar 25, 2009 at 2:35 am
Did anyone catch “American Idol” last night? They changed the name to Presidential News Conference. Man, what a yawner! They should merge the future Prez news conferences with a “Gong Show” format. Then we could get the moron off earlier and get on with the evenings entertainment.
This fool thinks he is so cool that I am surprized they are not talking about holding his future speeches on pay-per-view.
I expect Barry to start coming out holding a mirror any time now.
Most everyone agreed it was pretty much a yawner, all except Obama idol worshipper, Bob (I was Walter Mondales’s campaign manager) Beckel, who just LOVED the whole thing!
What do you expect from someone who’s claim to fame is the biggest defeat of a campaign for President this century?
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