So Ruled: Orgies Good; Gay Sex Bad?

Apparently, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who spoke before Harvard students yesterday:

“I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged,” Scalia said.

“But it is blindingly clear that judges have no greater capacity than the rest of us to decide what is moral.”

Huh. Thanks for the clarification, Mr. Scalia.

(Via Wonkette, who, of course *thrives* on this stuff.)

Update 10/02/04: The Harvard Crimson published a correction, which does make a slight difference:

The Sept. 29 news story "Scalia Describes 'Dangerous' Trend" misquoted Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as saying that "I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged." In fact, Scalia said, "I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged."

So Scalia is *open to* the idea that orgies might be a good thing. Hopefully, he's open to the idea that homosexuality isn't "an abomination," too.