Is the Supreme Court a better friend to gay rights than to women's rights?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says there's a double standard at the court. But a look at the historical record proves otherwise.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is pissed. And The New York Times is more than happy to serve as her megaphone.

That's what I took from the paper's recent front page story in which Supreme Court correspondent Adam Liptak channels Ginsburg and a handful of legal scholars to suggest that the court is boldly advancing gay rights while simultaneously stomping on the rights of women.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.