At hunter of justice, this news:
Openly gay man appointed to South Africa’s highest court
In a genuinely pathbreaking act, South African President Mothlanthe has appointed Edwin Cameron, a justice on the Supreme Court of Appeal, as a judge of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Judge Cameron becomes the first openly gay man or woman ever appointed to a nation’s highest court.
The first ever, anywhere. Very cool. Go President Mothlanthe, go Edwin Cameron, go us. But wouldn’t it be nice to add, Go U.S. Any bets on how long that will be–how long before a Supreme Court Justice is out? I’d say six to eight years after same-sex marriage becomes legal on the federal level. But how long will that be? Answers on a postcard…
Nicola Griffith 
Not taking anything away from SA but Justice Michael D Kirby, an openly gay judge, was appointed to the Australian High Court in 1996.
Just finished reading A Beautiful Place To Die, a novel about life in SA in the 1950’s, and if they can do it from where they were then so can we.
Gay marriage…um, 2011. I’m an optimist?
evecho, he wasn’t out when he was appointed. He came out in 1999, three years later.rhbee1, yes, I believe we can.mordicai, I think you’re more optimistic than me. I think it’ll happen sometime in Obama’s second term. But I’d love to be wrong.
I expect to see gay marriage sometime after 2012, during Sarah Palin’s first term, so that the newly divorced President Palin will be able to marry the woman she loves.
If I thought for one second the NSA might not scan this blog, I’d make some comments about that. Oddly, I don’t like much care for prison.
C’mon, Nicola, don’t descend into hate! We have to find common ground!;)
Yep, and share the showers and the soap and the porridge and the exercise yard…