FOXNews.com - Special Report w/ Brit Hume - Political Grapevine - Reagan Redux? Scalia Didn't Say That?:
"It turns out the uproar over comments by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (search) last week was based on a distorted quote.
The Harvard Crimson quoted Scalia as saying at an on-campus event, 'I take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.'
But, in fact, Scalia never said he believed that, only saying 'I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.'
The Harvard Crimson has since issued a correction."
"It turns out the uproar over comments by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (search) last week was based on a distorted quote.
The Harvard Crimson quoted Scalia as saying at an on-campus event, 'I take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.'
But, in fact, Scalia never said he believed that, only saying 'I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.'
The Harvard Crimson has since issued a correction."
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