Ethical Behavior, Gay Parents...and Whose Ethics?

Seems we're all getting lectured by Texans a lot lately, as if the Lone Star State thinks it's the only place where ethics and morals can be decided? Bloggers beg to differ.

First, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, himself the subject of ethical scrutiny by his Congressional peers and the press, has taken on Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy for (gasp!) using the Internet to conduct judicial research and making decisions that DeLay apparently doesn't like.

Blogger Professor Bainbridge predicts that conservative Republicans' efforts to end the filibuster for judicial nominations (in order to stack the courts with conservative judges) will backfire; he's predicting at least seven Republicans will bolt from the party position and nix the proposal. The Swing State Project looks at the issues as well.

Whose ethics? Who decides? BlogPulse graphed buzz about DeLay, the Supreme Court and President Bush in conjunction with the phrase "ethics" and found this pattern:



The parent trap
Today's burstiest phrase (gay foster parents) and burstiest person (Rep. Robert Talton) also hail from Texas, where Talton has pushed legislation through the Texas House that bans gay/bisexuals from being foster parents. Bloggers at the Burnt Orange Report are already organizing a protest rally for Friday. Pitched as a way to protect Texas' "most vulnerable children," the bill will also remove current foster children from homes led by gay parents. (Who defines "vulnerable"? Talton himself?)

Target-ing a new pill bottle
Way at the bottom of today's list of top links is news of a new pill-bottle design being introduced by Target. From the "why didn't anyone think of this before?" department.

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