Justice Scalia ~ Homosexuality & Murder

The below quote was taken from the LA Times:

“Confronted by a gay student at Princeton University, Justice Antonin Scalia defended his past writings comparing laws against homosexuality to those prohibiting bestiality and murder, saying he was arguing that many laws are based on society’s moral feelings.

“’If we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder?’ Scalia asked in response to a question. ‘Can we have it against other things? I don’t apologize for the things I raise.’” (Emphasis mine.  To read the entire article, click here.)

Justice Scalia went on to say that “he was not equating homosexual conduct with bestiality or murder.”  Not equating?  Ok, I guess we could argue semantics, but it does seem undeniable that he puts homosexuality and murder on the same immorality spectrum.  In the Venn diagram of morality and sin that he has constructed in his mind, murder and homosexuality overlap.

I was physically nauseated when I read his words.  In the interest of full disclosure, most things that Justice Scalia says make me sick to my stomach.

And then last night happened.  A shooting at a mall in Portland, Oregon.  And the images started coming in.  Ever unsentimental, my Twitter feed was checkerboarded with posts of ecstatic gays and lesbians getting married in Washington state followed by horrific posts about the shooting.

Considering his remarks earlier in the day, I couldn’t help but note that while I winced at the grotesque juxtaposition of overwhelming joy and overwhelming despair (also noting in my head that the only thing these pictures had in common was the obvious need for human beings to touch, to hug, in times of great emotion), Justice Scalia saw them as variations on the same theme.

Below I’ve put together some images of gay weddings and murder.  Images that Justice Scalia thinks are not terribly dissimilar.

Is putting these pictures together disturbing?  You bet.  Disgusting?  Yup.  Is it “going too far”?  Is it disrespectful to everyone involved?  Yes.

And yet it’s nothing more than a visual representation of Justice Scalia’s own words and beliefs.

It makes me wonder if Justice Scalia is fit to sit on any bench outside of a park.