Word: animus
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...majority in Romer v. Evans in May, that a state constitutional amendment denying legal redress for discrimination based on homosexuality violated the equal-protection clause, Scalia wrote a withering dissent. He scoffed at the majority opinion's "grim, disapproving hints that Coloradans have been guilty of animus or animosity toward homosexuality, as though that has been established as un-American" and derided Kennedy's reasoning as "preposterous" and "comical," then dismissed the holding as "terminal silliness...
...ALSO LIE WITH MANKIND, AS HE LIETH WITH A WOMAN, BOTH OF THEM HAVE COMMITTED AN ABOMINATION. --Leviticus 20:13 The primary argument against same-sex marriage is really a religious animus against homosexuality. In short, homosexuality is a grave sin in the eyes of God and should not be condoned or comforted by the mystical union of marriage, which is a covenant with God. Opponents of same-sex marriage point to the fact that disapproval of homosexual behavior is one of the most deeply rooted and consistent moral teachings in Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions...
...murder trial of O.J. Simpson was once again awash in the racial animus of former L.A.P.D. detective Mark Fuhrman. A series of witnesses vividly testified before the jury about the detective's vocal hatred of blacks and his repeated use of the epithet nigger. Fuhrman was dramatically dragooned back into the courtroom, where (with the jury absent) he invoked his privilege against self-incrimination when asked about his truthfulness and the possible planting of evidence in the case. At the behest of the prosecution, an appeals court reversed a ruling issued by Judge Lance Ito that would have allowed...
...question the prosecutor did not answer was Raul's motive for the crime. Friends and some government officials intimate that if Raul Salinas is guilty, his involvement may stem less from politics than from personal animus and the clash between powerful egos. Government sources say Raul, who has lived in the shadow of his younger brother ever since their father began grooming Carlos for national politics, deeply resented his hard-driving, often arrogant former brother-in-law. Ruiz Massieu was supposed to have sometimes been openly disdainful of Raul. The hostility between the two men may have deepened in recent...
Formerly a practicing physician, Nasrin has been a target of Muslim fundamentalists since the publication last year of her novella Shame (Lajja) which portrays the brutalization of a Hindu family amid Muslim reprisals. A Hindu chauvinist party in India used the book for propaganda purposes, fomenting further animus against her at home. Bangladesh banned the book...