STATEMENT ON ANTI-GAY SENATE HEARING AND "ACTIVIST JUDGE" DISTORTIONS
by: Lisa Hardaway, Lambda Legal
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), chair of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee weighing a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution discriminating against gay couples, sponsored a hearing today called, "Activist Judges vs. Democracy." At the hearing, Cornyn said, "Why is this amendment necessary? Two words -- activist judges."

Kevin Cathcart, Executive Director of Lambda Legal who was present at today's hearing, said, "Today's hearing and this 'activist judge' rhetoric can be summed up in one word -- sham. I was very disappointed at how little discussion addressed the real issue, and the real danger, of amending the Constitution."