I wonder what King & Spalding, the law firm that was willing to debase itself by working with John Boehner to defend DOMA, wouldn’t do for a fast buck?

Even more disgusting, the firm has the temerity to brag about its diversity policy on its Web site. Yes, quite the diverse firm. They offer domestic partner benefits to their employees, then expect those same employees to work to deny similar rights to millions of gay and lesbian Americans nationwide. The firm is listed near the top of HRC’s list of pro-LGBT firms. I think that listing needs to be tweaked, because any law firm that’s willing to do the bidding of the modern day Bull Connor’s of the world should have an automatic “fail” in front of their names on any civil rights index.

If you work for King & Spalding, you are no better than someone who worked for firms that helped enforce discrimination against blacks and other minorities during the 50s and 60s and beyond. I hope all of you $900/hour lawyers can live with yourselves, because your firm shouldn’t be permitted on any law school campus in this country.

Perhaps now that DADT is supposedly coming to an end, some enterprising young law students can prepare King & Spalding a queen’s welcome next fall when they try to recruit at the nation’s top law schools. Imagine interviewing for a job with a long line of students standing outside the door holding signs that read “HATE,” “BIGOT,” and “I am a man.” I suspect it might prove embarrassing. (Though there’s no reason King & Spalding’s offices can’t be greeted by protests now.)

Then again, is anything embarrassing to a law firm that would work to deny millions of Americans their civil rights? And again, before anyone trots out the old “everyone and every case deserves representation, how would you feel if your law firm was working for, oh, Fred Phelps? Or David Duke? Or the Ku Klux Klan? Still feel that everyone deserves their day?

Shame.

PS About King & Spalding being so diverse, I decided to take a look at their stats. According to stats available online, King & Spalding reportedly has 0.65% gay attorneys. Yeah, pretty diverse.