Andrew Sullivan: Her Sexual Orientation Above All

Andrew Sullivan writes at the Atlantic Monthly: “The days are past when this could be brushed under the rug. Let’s have an honest debate, can we? The way to counter prejudice is through truth – not avoidance. For the right to oppose Kagan merely because she is gay – if she is – would be one more step toward their self-destruction. By staying mum, the Obamites may be playing yet another rope-a-dope. I just cannot see how in 2010, ambiguity is an option.”

Sullivan follows up with this post arguing that Kagan should be asked whether she is a lesbian: “The only thing that could conceivably put this question into the zone of ‘whispers’ and ‘privacy’ is homophobia – and yes, that means the homophobia of liberal journalists . . . “