She has only been a federal judge for 3 years so I'm not sure if she has had opportunity to rule on religious cases.
I was under impression that she was a practicing Jew. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word devout, she seemed like a devout individual to me.
But she's been a lawyer and a professor. Surely she had published writings, public lectures. Her views on matters of law are certainly well-established. All I'm saying is that those are what should actually matter.
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As a Catholic who actually remembers the 1960 election, I vividly remember the anti Catholic screeds and screaming (Especially from the religious right) about how the White House would be beholden to Rome. Sixty years later I find it interesting how eager the religious right is to get behind a potential Catholic Supreme Court Justice if for no other reason than the abortion question. Politics does indeed make for strange bedfellows. It seems like for every step forward this country takes, it makes up for it by taking two steps back. And it makes one wonder when the country as a whole is going to wake and realize this is no longer 1776.
Let me ask...do you think there was any merit to the "anti-Catholic screeds"? Isn't the present absence thereof a positive thing? Or do you believe that a liberal devout Catholic would receive the same treatment Kennedy did?
I have no idea. If he is, I certainly haven't heard any concerns or criticisms about it. EDIT: looks like he probably is. Well, there you go...
Looks like Trump tried to make an issue of it. But I only found that by googling so not much is coming from it. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wea...ks-bidens-faith-calling-god/story?id=72240325
No, there is no merit for anti Catholic (or any other religion) screeds unless it can be proven that they are using their particular religious beliefs for political purposes, in direct violation of the Constitution. My point was that they (the screed and screaming) were stupid then and they are stupid now. And that for every positive change this country makes in it’s views, it makes two more that undermine or obscure that positive change. Hey, we’re humans. There is a finite cap on what we are capable of learning. 2020 is undeniable proof.
I was raised catholic, went to catholic grade school, parents still go to church, but I don't. You a practicing catholic?
Nope. I took what I felt was the good of it and headed out the door at 18. I still strongly believe in a fair amount of it, but am repelled by (and rejected) the politics involved in any organized religion. The “do as I say and not as I do” philosophy by those who thump their chests the loudest are the most odious. There are too many of those folks in this country. My parents were very strong Catholics who both (separately) drifted away very late in their lives because of what they felt was mixed messaging and double standards. So they quietly worshipped in their own private ways. As stated, I am not a fan of organized religion or the infrastructure needed to support them. However, I DO strongly admire, respect and appreciate those believers who are genuine in their faith and live their lives to reflect that.
