[Vision2020] Sotomayor: US Supreme Court's Sixth Catholic?

[Joe Campbell]

Thanks Gary for sticking up for religions that defend SLAVERY but for  
kicking them down when they come from the left!

Joe Campbell

On Jun 4, 2009, at 5:24 PM, "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Fat chance. Roger. I suspect that her Catholicism is more in the  
> tradition
> of Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi. A box to check on the appropriate  
> forms and
> little else.
>
> g
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> To: "Ted Moffett" <starbliss at gmail.com>; "Moscow Vision 2020"
> <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 10:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sotomayor: US Supreme Court's Sixth  
> Catholic?
>
>
>> I do not think that her views on abortion are well known. If turns  
>> out that
>> she is pro-life, I lot of you with the possible exception of Keely  
>> will be
>> less enthused with her appointment. It would be ironic if she  
>> turned out to
>> be the reverse of Souter on the abortion issue.
>> Roger
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: Ted Moffett starbliss at gmail.com
>> Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:41:37 -0700
>> To: Moscow Vision 2020 vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Sotomayor: US Supreme Court's Sixth Catholic?
>>
>>> Gender, racial or ethnic background may or may not be important in a
>>> choice
>>> for a US Supreme Court justice, but it seems religious background  
>>> is not
>>> a
>>> major focus in the case of Sotomayor's nomination.
>>>
>>> And why is this issue not on the front page?  If she were Muslim,  
>>> Hindu
>>> or
>>> Atheist, the full force of the religious bias in the US body politic
>>> towards
>>> a challenge to the Christian/Judaism monopoly on US politics would  
>>> be
>>> revealed, despite the claim of the religious right that  
>>> Christianity is
>>> being marginalized in government.  Religion is a dominant  
>>> influence on
>>> ideology that should be open to full critical rational fact based
>>> discussion, as well as gender, racial or ethnic background.
>>>
>>> Article on Sotomayor's Catholic background:
>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/us/politics/31catholics.html?ref=global-home
>>> -------------------
>>> Why is there not a single US Senator who declares themselves of  
>>> another
>>> religious background than Christian or Jewish, of one variety or  
>>> another?
>>> There are two US Senators who are "unspecified."  Now there's a  
>>> faith for
>>> you!
>>>
>>> http://www.adherents.com/adh_congress.html#109
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Affiliation_in_the_United_States_Senate
>>>
>>>> From website above:
>>>
>>> According to the data, no Senator falls under the category "No
>>> Religion/Atheist/Agnostic" - a category embodied by 15.0% of the  
>>> U.S.
>>> population according to the 2001 Census.
>>> -------------------
>>> Religion is the most pervasive form of prejudice against a political
>>> position (and despite what some might wish otherwise, US Supreme  
>>> Court
>>> justice nominations are very political in nature) in US politics,  
>>> in the
>>> US
>>> Senate or the presidency.  More than gender, race or ethnicity.
>>>
>>> No politician running for the US Senate or the presidency would  
>>> stand a
>>> chance if they openly declared themselves Atheist.
>>>
>>> Ted Moffett
>>>
>>>
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