Is it appropriate to ask an LGBT judge to recuse him- or herself from a marriage-equality case?
Jennifer Bernardin
student | Collingswood, N.J.
“No. My father’s a judge in New Jersey. Nobody would ask him to recuse himself from a case because he’s straight. The same should be true for a gay judge. [A judge’s] sexual orientation shouldn’t enter the picture. Judges should be able to separate their professional life from their personal life.”
Jennifer Bernardin
student | Collingswood, N.J.
“No. My father’s a judge in New Jersey. Nobody would ask him to recuse himself from a case because he’s straight. The same should be true for a gay judge. [A judge’s] sexual orientation shouldn’t enter the picture. Judges should be able to separate their professional life from their personal life.”
Amanda Hagenbuch
retail salesperson | South Philadelphia
“No. Granted, the judge will have some level of bias. Everyone has biases. But that doesn’t mean he or she won’t act professionally. If they don’t rule correctly, that would just make more problems for the cause.”
Alyssa Hargrove
student | Washington Square West
“No. It would be discriminating against someone because of their sexual orientation. That’s ridiculous. Nothing is perfect in life. But you can’t hold that against a person. Sometimes you get a straight judge, other times a gay judge. That’s the way the cookie crumbles.”
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