Obama Nominee for Judge Could Be First Openly Gay Man on the Federal Bench

[ProSense]

Obama Nominee for Judge Could Be First Openly Gay Man on the Federal Bench

By BENJAMIN WEISER

President Obama has nominated a former Clinton administration lawyer to be a federal judge in Manhattan; he could become the first openly gay man to serve on the federal bench in the United States.

The lawyer, J. Paul Oetken, 45, is a senior vice president and associate general counsel of Cablevision.

He is one of two openly gay men whose nominations are pending to the federal courts. The other is Edward C. DuMont, a lawyer who has been nominated to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington.

Mr. Oetken was originally recommended to the White House in September by Senator Charles E. Schumer, who described him as having “sterling legal credentials” and a “distinguished career in private practice and public service.”

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[TheWraith]

1. Kicked and recommended. nt

[GodlessBiker]

2. I thought Judge Vaughn Walker, the judge who decided the Prop 8 case, is gay.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-02-07/bay-area/17848482_1_same-sex-marriage-sexual-orientation-judge-walker

[dsc]

3. not openly

To my knowledge he has never said he was gay, he is in a glass closet so to speak.

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[vaberella]

5. K*R. n/t

[Phx_Dem]

6. Oh Barack, you always have to be first . . .

First black President
First appointed Hispanic Supreme Court Justice
First (and last) President to repeal DADT
First President to change federal laws for gay couples/familes
First President to pass health care reform
First President to be married to Michelle Obama
First President to have his citizenship challenged by morons . . .

Keep doing that stuff. :7

[usregimechange]

7. thanks

[mzteris]

8. too late to rec, but kicking. . .

:kick: