Kathleen Sullivan and Pamela Karlan. One thing I have learned in all my time as an out lesbian and that has been quite a while, is that sexuality knows no boundaries when it comes to profession or expertise; rather the boundaries know sexuality and therein lies the shame.
The reason for this is that one’s sexuality seems to find definition in mere tolerance or lack of acceptance. If I am a lesbian I am less acceptable? Well I would hope not and all my friends here would hope not too. However because a large portion of America think lesbians do not really exist other than in pride parades on Harleys, (not realizing that we have lives off the seat of our bikes) that portion of fellow citizen is inclined and conditioned to see us as odd, and hence are, in their thinking, justified in our marginalization as equal citizens in our own Country.
I therefore am confident (maybe naïve too) that if 1,000,000 closeted lesbians came out in one day, in purveyance of their respective dominions as competent players in our citizenry, that portion of America may wake up to find that they have indeed had contact and developed work relationships and even friendships with once perceived indefinite beings.
So I say hail to the President should he decide to appoint one of these fine citizens to the most honored and supreme Bench, and may they be the metaphor for those 1,000,000 who will probably remain closeted on that one and any given day.
Kathleen Sullivan Interesting reading: (2005) (quote, in article of Daily Penn News – Sullivan, was introduced as the “Michael Jordan of the legal world,” about the practical application of the Constitution to contemporary political affairs. www.dailypennsylvanian.com/news/2005/02/09/Ne…
Pamela Karlan interesting reading: (2003) The court says being gay is not criminal behavior – “PAMELA KARLAN: Well, first I think it sends a powerful signal that the Supreme Court recognizes that gay people and straight people are equally people under the Constitution. Second, by sweeping these laws off the books, it takes away the ability of states to discriminate in a whole variety of areas against gay people on the grounds that being gay is the same thing as being a criminal. The Supreme Court has made it clear that that’s not true. And I think those are the two biggest immediate impacts of the decision.” http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june03/privacy_6-26.html
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