BOSTON, March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia startled reporters in Boston just minutes after attending a mass, by flipping a middle finger to his critics.
A Boston Herald reporter asked the 70-year-old conservative Roman Catholic if he faces much questioning over impartiality when it comes to issues separating church and state.
"You know what I say to those people?" Scalia replied, making the obscene gesture and explaining "That's Sicilian."
The 20-year veteran of the high court was caught making the gesture by a photographer with The Pilot, the Archdiocese of Boston's newspaper.
"Don't publish that," Scalia told the photographer, the Herald said.
He was attending a special mass for lawyers and politicians at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, and afterward was the keynote speaker at the Catholic Lawyers' Guild luncheon.
This is completely uncalled for--even for a Supreme Court Justice! Scalia could have simply brushed the reporter's questions aside with a "no comment," but NO! He had to use an obscene gesture regarding such questions. An even more, this gesture clearly shows Scalia's philosophical views regarding the separation of church and state--this is a big "screw you" towards the American people regarding this issue. How can we expect Scalia to be impartial towards these constitutional issues?
I sincerely wish that this photographer would publish the photo of Scalia flipping off the Herald reporter. That way, the American people can see what a fine, upstanding, and impartial justice that Antonin Scalia has become.
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