Feinstein to Catholic judicial nominee: I'm concerned that the dogma lives loudly within you - Hot Air
"This makes twice in three months that a prominent Democratic senator has grilled a Republican nominee for being a tad more religious than they’re comfortable with. There’ssomething in the Constitution about that, if I’m not mistaken.
Feinstein’s comment is jarring, though, because of how blunt she is in framing deep religious conviction as problematic. What she’s worried about here, very clearly, is abortion. Many Democrats would quite like the idea of a judge refusing to order an execution because it offends their Christian faith, but a judge who’ll do that might also recuse herself rather than uphold a petitioner’s right to kill her unborn baby. Feinstein’s “concerned” that Barrett’s moral disgust at abortion would lead her to be derelict in following a law of utmost importance to the left. You would think, as a politician with decades of experience, she could find a more politic way to say that than by insisting it’s “of concern” that a devout Catholic is a devout Catholic, but oh well. “Try to imagine the reaction to this comment in the context of any other religion and federal post,” says Lachlan Markay of the Daily Beast. “A Muslim at CIA, say. Or a Jew at the Fed.” The apology would have already been issued"
Feinstein basicly stated
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'Christians, especially Catholics, are a threat to the Liberal agenda...'
Our laws are not determined by your interpretation of the bible.
Well, actually they are .... if you don't believe our laws are steeped in the JudeoChristian culture, you are seriously deluded.
Our laws are steeped in many cultures. Bearing false witness, murder and stealing are universally condemned in every major culture, modern and ancient. If you are considering the 10 commandments as part of your argument, we don't use the other 7 and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are banned by the constitution. I know you always heard our laws are based on the bible. I heard the same thing, and believed it too, until I actually read it and studied what was said.
Our laws are based on Christianity. That they may be sentiments in common with other religions doesn't mean we didn't imbibe them through ours.
But what difference does it make? Blasphemy against the diety is as universally condemned. Is "thou shalt not steal" ok simply because it seems like a good idea to another religion besides Christianity? thats a strange religious test you have.
And you are confused about the Ten Commandments. The first four describe how man approaches God. Perhaps not in the interest of governments (though most states required monotheism as a condition of holding office for most of our history and Sunday closing laws always part of our culture ).
The last six describe how men relate to each other. And those are the ones we relied on. The Moses frieze on the Supreme Court wall shows him holding the stone tablets with commandments six through ten for this reason.