"radical lesbian"----Traditional Values Coalition . DeMint (R-SC) carries the ball.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/04/20/values-coalition-demeo/

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), who frequently delays Obama nominees, said he is holding up Demeo’s nomination in his role as chairman of the Senate Republican Steering Committee, a caucus of conservative senators. “A number of Republicans had concerns and asked me, as chairman of Steering, to ask for limited debate and a recorded vote because of a history of very leftist activism,” he said. … “There are just a number of things that don’t look like a fair and balanced approach that you’d like in a judge,” he said.

The right-wing Traditional Values Coalition is being more explicit in why it opposes Demeo. ThinkProgress obtained a letter the group sent to senators last week, which says that Demeo is an “open, radical lesbian” who supports marriage equality:

As an open, radical lesbian, Demeo has openly condemned the effort to amend our Constitution to protect marriage as a one-man, one-woman union. Demeo supports gay marriage, claiming it is a constitutional right. She also claims that LGBT individuals are equal to racial minorities and can claim protection as minorities under our civil rights laws.

As a DC Superior Court Judge, Demeo would be in a key position to undermine our national security and destroy traditional marriage through her edicts. The DC Superior Court is known to be a steppingstone to the Supreme Court.

Demeo’s radical lesbianism, anti-marriage, anti-national security views are dangerous to our nation. She should not be confirmed to the DC Superior Court.

DeMint also opposed Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination for the Supreme Court, saying that he didn’t like her using the term “wise Latina” and was concerned that she wouldn’t be able to “decide cases based on the law and not her personal views.” During the confirmation process, the right wing equated Sotomayor’s affiliation with the National Council of La Raza with being a member of “a Latino KKK without the hoods or the nooses.”