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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice called gay people 'degenerates,' 'queers' in newspaper columns
State Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley referred to gay people as "degenerates" and "queers" in columns written for her college newspaper, sparking outrage as she seeks to retain her seat on the high court...
The columns were published one year before Bradley graduated from Marquette University. One of the columns specifically addressed the election of President Bill Clinton in November 1992. Two others were written before that, in February 1992.
Bradley opponents argue that although the columns are more than 20 years old, they are relevant in the 2016 election because they call into question whether she could rule fairly on any case involving the LGBT community.
"One will be better off contracting AIDS than developing cancer, because those afflicted with the politically-correct disease will be getting all of the funding," Bradley wrote in the November column about Clinton's election. "How sad that the lives of degenerate drug addicts and queers are valued more than the innocent victims of more prevalent ailments." Bradley argued in another column, referencing HIV and AIDS, that the "homosexuals and drug addicts who do essentially kill themselves and others through their own behavior deservedly receive none of my sympathy."
The columns were published one year before Bradley graduated from Marquette University. One of the columns specifically addressed the election of President Bill Clinton in November 1992. Two others were written before that, in February 1992.
Bradley opponents argue that although the columns are more than 20 years old, they are relevant in the 2016 election because they call into question whether she could rule fairly on any case involving the LGBT community.
"One will be better off contracting AIDS than developing cancer, because those afflicted with the politically-correct disease will be getting all of the funding," Bradley wrote in the November column about Clinton's election. "How sad that the lives of degenerate drug addicts and queers are valued more than the innocent victims of more prevalent ailments." Bradley argued in another column, referencing HIV and AIDS, that the "homosexuals and drug addicts who do essentially kill themselves and others through their own behavior deservedly receive none of my sympathy."
link to Capitol Times
Sure she wrote those things while in college, but an adult who openly expresses bigoted, extreme statements like those doesn't change- she just becomes more aware of the audience. Considering the direction Wisconsin's been headed for the past five years, I'm not sure if these insights into her views will help her or hurt her in the election.
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And she did say she's "frankly embarrassed" (that someone made this public) and apologizes to "those offended by comments I made" (but really, deal with it), or something like that.
