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Orgies are the way to ease social tensions, claims US judge 

Oliver Burkeman in New York
Friday October 1, 2004
The Guardian 

He is the conservative bastion of the US supreme court, a favourite of
President Bush, and a hunting partner of the vice-president. He has
argued vociferously against abortion rights, and in favour of anti-sodomy
laws. 
But it turns out that there is another side to Justice Antonin Scalia: he
thinks Americans ought to be having more orgies. 

Challenged about his views on sexual morality, Justice Scalia surprised
his audience at Harvard University, telling them: "I even take the
position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be
encouraged." 

It seems unlikely that this is what President Bush meant when he promised
to appoint more judges like Scalia to the court, should the opportunity
arise. Crucially, Justice Scalia is one of the judges in favour of
overturning Roe v Wade, the landmark judgment protecting abortion as a
constitutional right. 

One audience member also asked the judge "whether you have any gay
friends, and, if not, whether you'd like to be my friend," the Harvard
Crimson newspaper reported. 

"I probably do have some gay friends, but I have never pressed the
point," Justice Scalia responded. He offered no clue to the logic behind
his claim that orgies eliminate social tensions. 

Nobody asked him whether he was familiar with Rick Moody's novel The Ice
Storm, turned into a movie by Ang Lee, which appeared to suggest the
exact opposite.
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