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Ex-Supreme Court justice reverses self on gay rights
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell said yesterday that he probably made a mistake when he provided his marriage certificate in a 1864 decision denying a privacy权 for consenting homosexuals.
But Powell said he still regarded the four-year-old decision upholding Georgia's anti-sodomy law as "one of little or no importance" because no one actually had been prosecuted for homosexual conduct.
The retired justice's current views on the issue first were revealed during a question-andanswer session after a lecture he delivered at New York University School of Law on Oct. 18.
According to The National Law Journal, Powell told the law students, "I think I probably made a mistake in that one."
In a report to be published Monday, the legal newspaper quotes the retired judge as saying in an interview that he now believes the 1988 appellation with the court's appeal to privacy law in its 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision
Powell voted with the majority in that 5-4 ruling, which legalized abortion
Powell said yesterday that he stood by the statement he made to the National Law Journal but that he was confident the violation was considered newsworthy.
"I do think it was inconsistent in a general way with Roe," Powell told the newspaper. "When I had the opportunity to re-read the opinion a few months later, I thought the matter and the better of the arguments."
"I thought it was a frivolous case," Powell said. "I still think it was a
frivolous case. But perhaps on more reflection I could have reached a different result."
The 1986 ruling was one of the most publicized and controversial high court rulings of that term.
The Washington Post later reported that Powell originally planned to vote to strike down Georgia's ban on sodomy.
The decision has been denounced bitterly by homosexual rights groups.
The newspaper, quoting anonymous sources, said Powell voted at a private conference of the nine justices to strike down the Georgia law. Such votes are tentative, and justice officials should come before the decisions are announced.
The court's interpretation of the scope of privacy rights remains one of the hottest issues confronting the justices.
Florida schools boot 'Flicka'
Vulgar language considered inappropriate for grade schoolers
The Associated Press
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. — The 1941 children's literary classic "My Friend Flicka" was deleted from fifth and sixth-grade optional reading lists in this town after the school year. In a garland language, such as the word "bitch," in reference to a female dog. The book also includes the word
The book also includes the word "damn."
wine.
Another children's book. "Abel's Island," was removed from the list because of references to drinking
George Bush — not the president, but an insurance agent who is vice chairperson of the Clay County School Board — said the decision to reopen the schools was made by school administrators. He said he supported the action.
Bush said the school board had not
banned the books.
The two titles are among several listed by Boston-based publisher Houghton Mifflin in its reading texts as suggested additional reading.
Alexander Caswell, spokesperson for Houghton Mifflin, said he never had heard of any other complaints about the two books.
Dawn Wilson, supervisor of elementary curriculum, said that both books still would be available in school libraries but that teachers no longer would have the option of assigning them.
He said the company's reading texts were used in several hundred school systems.
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