奧巴馬提名同性戀者任曼哈頓地區聯邦法官
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20110128/4155774.html
據美國《紐約時報》1月28日報導，美國總統奧巴馬日前提名克林頓政府時期法律顧問
J‧保羅‧厄特肯為曼哈頓地區聯邦法官。倘若成功當選，厄特肯將成為美國歷史上第
一位公開同性戀取向的聯邦法官。
厄特肯現年45歲，是美國第五大有線電視運營商(Cablevision) 的副總裁兼法律總顧問
副手。今年9月份，參議員查爾斯‧E‧舒默將他推薦給白宮，並稱他是一個“有著過硬
法律背景……在公司及公共服務領域有著出色職業經歷的人”。
此前，舒默還曾推薦過同樣身為同性戀的丹尼爾‧S‧奧爾特作為曼哈頓聯邦法官候選
人，但最終並未得到奧巴馬的提名。
(來源：中國日報網 陳璐)
PS選了篇較短的英文相關報導
http://0rz.tw/Y5BCG
President nominates gay lawyer J. Paul Oetken to be federal judge
by GoPride.com News Staff
NEW YORK CITY -- President Obama has nominated a gay man, J. Paul Oetken,
to be a federal judge.
If confirmed, Oetken would be the first openly gay man to serve on the
federal bench, the New York Times reported.
Oetken served as a White House attorney and Justice Department attorney
under President Clinton.
He was nominated by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY).
"I am looking for people who fit the three criteria [of legal excellence,
moderation of views and diversity], and I was shocked to learn there were
no openly gay male judges on the entire federal bench," Schumer told the
New York Times.
Oetken is currently associate counsel for Cablevision. He's a graduate of
the University of Iowa and Yale Law School, and also clerked for Supreme
Court Justice Henry Blackmun.
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