"Why does Justice Antonin Scalia, ... have nine children?"

[babylonsister]

OK, this is funny. Turning the tables...


http://www.theatlanticwire.com/editor-at-large/view/article/Sex-Lives-of-Supreme-Court-Justices-8

Sex Lives of Supreme Court Justices

By Michael Kinsley on May 18, 2010 9:28am


Now that the sex lives of Supreme Court justices have become grist for commentators, we are finally free to discuss a question formerly only whispered about in the shadows: Why does Justice Antonin Scalia, by common consent the leading intellectual force on the Court, have nine children? Is this normal? Or should I say "normal," as some people choose to define it? Can he represent the views of ordinary Americans when he practices such a minority lifestyle? After all, having nine children is far more unusual in this country than, say, being a lesbian.

Let me be clear: the issue is not the fact that Scalia has chosen to have nine children. That is his personal business. The question is whether he is an extremist advocate of the so-called "Nine Children Agenda." Can he deal open-mindedly with children’s issues when he has so many himself? Can he persuade his children to recuse themselves when appropriate (or, in the vernacular, "Just shut up, will you? I’m trying to write an opinion here. Sweetheart, could you please come and take him…stop climbing up my leg…watch it with that glass of water, buddy…no, that’s some condemned prisoner’s brief that daddy has to reject, so don’t …would somebody please take this kid…LOOK OUT for the… Jesus H. Christ, how am I supposed to get any work done"?).

Speculation is already rampant about why Scalia chose nine children over a more conventional lifestyle. Is he a sex maniac? That suspicion naturally arises. But perhaps once he started, he just never got around to stopping. Or maybe he just likes children. In recent days, Scalia’s friends have rushed to his defense, going out of their way to portray him as a model of sexual restraint. "Every Friday a bunch of us used to go down to this bar to pick up women," one of his college roommates recalls. "We’d always ask Nino if he wanted to join us, but he always said he was too busy studying. Frankly, we thought he was gay."

[rox63]

1. He's an Uber-Catholic who probably doesn't believe in birth control n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

2. That IS pretty funny. n/t

[NJmaverick]

3. K&R

[JBoy]

4. I'm trying to get my head around someone having sex with him 9 times.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. I'm trying to get my head around someone having sex with him ONE time!!

[mzteris]

9. good catholic wives have to SUBMIT

to their husbands - whether they want to or not.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

12. True dat, but still... YUCK!!!

:puke::puke::puke:

Well...at least he's smart.

[Prism]

5. Orientation is not "sex life"

Someday, somewhere, this will penetrate our political dialogue.

Reducing orientation to "sex life" is something the right-wing does with regularity. It is meant to minimize individuals and paint sexual orientation as about nothing more than what people do under the sheets.

It's intended to be demeaning.

[tavalon]

7. Hilarious. I only have one little quibble:

Justice Antonin Scalia, by common consent the leading intellectual force on the Court.....

Yeah, no, not even satirically true.

[rurallib]

8. Has he always been a heterosexual?

How old was he when he learned of his heterosexual feelings?
Is his heterosexuality a phase?
Has he ever attempted a gay relationship and failed?

lord sake. the thought of any human in the sack with Scalia is UGH!

[NOLALady]

10. Catholic?

[Change Happens]

11. Blame it on the Pope...Hates Birth Control

[bahrbearian]

13. For Tax deductions.

[Kablooie]

14. Catholics have to make up for all the priests that can't have any any sex.

-- enter your priest pedophile joke here --

[razorman]

15. He wants to coach his own baseball team.

[BlueIris]

16. Hee. nt