JOYCELYN ELDERS GOT NOTHIN’ ON THIS BABY:

He is the conservative bastion of the US supreme court, a favourite of President Bush, and a hunting partner of the vice-president. He has argued vociferously against abortion rights, and in favour of anti-sodomy laws.

But it turns out that there is another side to Justice Antonin Scalia: he thinks Americans ought to be having more orgies.

Challenged about his views on sexual morality, Justice Scalia surprised his audience at Harvard University, telling them: “I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.”

I wonder why he didn’t mention this in the confirmation hearings? (Via Ann Althouse).

UPDATE: Many people are angrily emailing that Scalia was joking. (Some send this story which says so). Well, yeah, that’s what I figured. I didn’t really think that many people would see Scalia as pro-orgy. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!