Barney Frank Vs Antonin Scalia

Earlier in the week Barney Frank, who is one of two openly gay members in the House of Representatives called Supreme Court Justice, and one of the more Conservative leaning members, Antonin Scalia a homophobe. At first Frank only justified his reasoning for doing so by saying that Scalia had always written dissenting views that attacked gay rights when he was in the minority, like in the case of Lawrence Vs Texas. Frank also stated that he was glad that certain gay rights issues had not come up when a majority was held by the Conservative because he knew he would not be able to count on them for support. Representative Frank decided to clarify his remarks and contributed to the Huffington Post, with some examples which included Scalia's dissenting opinion in the Lawrence Vs Texas case.

There is no denying how intelligent, well read, and well spoken, Justice Scalia is and how that translates to the opinions and decisions he is responsible for. However, I do not agree at all with his views or ideals and would consider myself to be on the complete opposite end of the political spectrum to him. I remember seeing him interviewed on 60 Minutes and vehemently disagreeing with his views. I think Representitive Frank is correct about Justice Frank being homophobic and not caring one bit about gay rights, but I do not think his view will change during his time on the Supreme Court so it is futile to attempt to have him "see the light." Hopefully, and this is a reason why I voted for Obama, there will be some openings on the Supreme Court and he can fill them with Progressive Justices, and not just for their views on gay rights, but other issues that relate to them.