Apparently rumors are circulating that Elena Kagan, the solicitor general who is widely viewed as a front-runner for Justice Stevens’ seat on the bench, is a lesbian. The response to this “news” should be a big yawn, but that’s not the real world. The first blog posting that Kagan is a lesbian was made by a Republican, so it wasn’t intended to be neutral information.
The White House, instead of saying, "so what," responded by asking CBS to pull a report on the blog posting because it made “false charges,” which the network eventually did . Not sure that really made the situation any better. What if the White House said, “Really? Who cares?” We don’t live in that society yet, but we have to take steps to get there. Might as well start here.
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