by Fr. John Malloy, SDB
Posted by Gibbons J. Cooney
From Fr. Z come the story of the surprising hat Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wore to the inauguration of the loathsome Barack Obama:
"Kevin Walsh of the University of Richmond School of Law writes:
'The twitterverse is alive with tweets about Justice Scalias headgear for todays inauguration. At the risk of putting all the fun speculation to an end . . . The hat is a custom-made replica of the hat depicted in Holbeins famous portrait of St. Thomas More. It was a gift from the St. Thomas More Society of Richmond, Virginia. We presented it to him in November 2010 as a memento of his participation in our 27th annual Red Mass and dinner.'"
Fr. Z then comments:
"Wearing the cap of a statesman who defended liberty of church and integrity of Christian conscience to the inauguration of a president whose policies have imperiled both: Make of it what you will."
Posted by Gibbons J. Cooney