There are six times as many Catholics on the Supreme Court as there are atheists in Congress...

[BolivarianHero]

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[Demit]

1. What's your point?

[aSpeckofDust]

3. Seperation of church and state. n/t

[BolivarianHero]

4. Hmmm nothing...

Aside from the fact that Iran, a country led by a election-rigging Holocaust denier, has more Jews in its legislature than America has atheist in its.

[TwilightGardener]

2. How'z about an unrec for flamebait?

[Davis_X_Machina]

6. Have you no respect for tradition?

Catholic bashing is one of the oldest and most cherished traditions DU has.

I think it's time to reveal the decades-long vast Catholic conspiracy, from Justice William Brennan to Jerry Brown to Dennis Kucinich to Speaker Pelosi, that has delivered this country into the hands of the conservatives.

[TwilightGardener]

12. Yep, I am very familiar with that DU tradition, unfortunately. And let's not

leave Joe Biden, or ALL of the Kennedys, out of that conspiracy either.

[BolivarianHero]

14. I know but...

So long as the RCC is the largest and most centralized organization of any sort aside from the GOP that opposes reproductive freedom and equal rights for LGBT individuals and families, it goes without saying that they will be facing the brunt of attacks against clerical and religious reactionaries in general. Incidentally, the man who inspired my user name is a Catholic. :P

[TwilightGardener]

16. There's the RCC, and then there's Catholics. Particularly American Catholics.

Many of whom disagree with a number of church issues and practices, but feel bound to the faith regardless. The Church had been around a long, long, long time, and it changes verrrrry slowly. This is both good and bad. But society continues to advance and change fairly quickly, despite pronouncements from the Vatican. I wouldn't worry about the Church's influence on its flock, or on politics, because evidence abounds that this influence is very limited, that Catholics often think for themselves.

[golddigger]

5. I have no problem with what a persons religion is....

But when they try to force their beliefs on me, THAT"S WHEN I HAVE A FUCKIN PROBLEM!!!

[BolivarianHero]

7. All right...

Anthony M. Kennedy
Antonin Scalia
John Roberts
Clarence Thomas
Samuel Alito

I rest my case.

If it makes any of you feel any better, I think very highly of Justice Sotomayor, the only of the six Catholics from Justice is a legitimate title rather than a badge of irony

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[Davis_X_Machina]

9. Why isn't Sotomayor on the list? n/t

[BolivarianHero]

10. Hmmm...Got there a minute before you. Initial post edited at 14 past.

I realised the mistake quickly.

[Davis_X_Machina]

11. So it's their politics...

...and not their religion you take exception to, then?

[BolivarianHero]

13. Yes and no...

I certainly do take exception to the underrepresentation of non-believers in the U.S. government, but yeah, I'd still vote for someone I agreed even if I had this concern in mind.

[anonymous171]

15. Zoroastrians are underrepresented as well. nt

[BolivarianHero]

18. Stupid argument...

"In 2004 the number of Zoroastrians worldwide was estimated at between 145,000 and 210,000"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism#Demographics

http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf

Americans who are atheist, agnostic, or apathetic to religion represent 16.1% of the United States population...

[tritsofme]

17. Do you propose some sort of "religious test" for nominees to correct this problem?

I think I read something somewhere about that...

[BolivarianHero]

19. Nope...

But it would be nice if a President considered a qualified person from an underrepresented group.

And again, how would this be worse than a President making sure that 2 cabinet ministers are held by qualified African-Americans? (For instance...)

[anonymous171]

22. Because religious preference is a choice? nt

[cali]

20. so what?

and sorry, I don't care that there are 6 catholics on the court.

[Sebastian Doyle]

21. This isn't the day to worry about atheists in Congress

It's the day to worry about corporatists in Congress. :puke:

[AngryAmish]

23. Do you think this makes the USSC 6 times more awesome than Congress?