"If this law is struck down, do you think a state also could prefer heterosexuals to homosexuals to teach kindergarten?" asked Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.
A state government would have a hard time showing the need for such a policy, responded Paul Smith, lawyer for the two men.
"Only that the children might be induced to follow the path of homosexuality," said Justice Antonin Scalia.
Scalia then spoke fondly of a pre-school teacher who was instrumental in instilling in him the virtues of intolerance and discrimination.
Later, Shecky Scalia tried out his "B" material, playing the courtroom for big laughs:
What about laws against adultery or rape? And what about bigamy, Scalia asked.
"I mean, who are you to tell me that I can have only one wife, you blue-nosed bigot?" he said, joking.
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