Posted on 01/13/2006 11:44:32 AM PST by Borges
If Samuel Alito Jr. is elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court following this week's hearings, he would become the fifth Roman Catholic justice on the bench, marking the first Catholic majority in history at a time of heightened debate on abortion, same-sex marriage and religious liberties.
A fifth Catholic on the court also would mark a milestone in U.S. religious history, illustrating the increasing diversity of faith in a nation whose founding fathers were predominantly Protestant.
And it would reflect the evolution of interfaith relations since 1960, when many Americans questioned whether presidential hopeful John F. Kennedy could lead the nation while remaining faithful to the Catholic Church.
"For American Catholics in particular, it's a profound moment," said Eric Michael Mazur, associate professor of religion at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
The Cathlophobes must be peeing in their pants by now.
"Ma, hand me down my shootin' rifle, it's them Papists agin!"
In all the years Catholics have been in charge, they never passed a law saying that if you say a negative things about Catholics you are breaking the law and going to jail.
This is not true with the liberals.
Interesting. There must be a sociological reason for Catholics to be so predominant on the Supreme Court.
Perhaps as the balance of power shifts, you should rethink becoming a Presbyterian.
Oh, no! We can't have that.
But Kennedy, good Catholic that he is, has done everything he could to prevent it.
God almighty,The Swimmer is a Catholic.
Catholics come in all shapes and sizes.
I'll be bringing this up at the next KofC meeting on Monday. We have to start putting our "Secret Plans" ino motion =P
MUWAHAHahahahahahahaha! It's all part of the Master Plan! The Jesuit/Joooish cabal will control world using supercomputers and mind-manipulation devices in the basement of the Vatican.
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
Can they order Pat Robertson to be burned at the stake, now? ;)
Oh no! They may be true to their beliefs and stop us from killing babies! Boo Hoo, Boo Hoo. What will Ted Kennedy's girlfriends do?
Look, you just keep the Masons, Templers, and Illumanati under control, I promise to deliver the support of the Baptists! (Well, American Baptists, anyway. The Southern Baptists don't listen to us, and the Independent Baptists...they're unpredictable.)
Say whatever you want, if we can get another Originalist on the bench, I am a happy camper.
No, he only claims to be.
I'm waiting with baited breath for Stevens to be replaced;
he's 85 and counting...
and hopefully that will come in the next two years!
True,just like all the Kennedy men.
Cafeteria Catholics all !
Some additions since the last list.
TOP EIGHTEEN CHANGES A CATHOLIC MAJORITY WOULD MAKE TO THE SUPREME COURT.
18) Summa Theologica now considered legitimate foreign source for
judicial precendence. Take that Justice Kennedy.
17) Chief Justice Roberts gets to wear the big white mitre.
16)Individual chambers will now be called "sacristies."
15)Robes will be replaced with cassocks.
14)Observers' benches will have kneelers attached.
13)Catholic Knights will replace Federal marshals for enforcement of
order within the chamber.
12)Selection of Chief Justice signaled by white smoke.
11)Invoke The Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel whenever an atheist
enters the court. i.e. Newdow
10) Meat-less Fridays all year round in the Supreme Court cafeteria;
9) Oral arguments in Latin;
8) The bones of Chief Justice Marshall will be disinterred and placed
in a glass coffin in the center of the Supreme Court bench;
7) Collections between each session of oral argument;
6) Supreme Court windows replaced with stained glass;
5) On close votes, the Justices will consult a statue of St. Thomas
More. If the statue weeps, they affirm; if no tears, then they
reverse.
4) Incense at the start of each session;
3) Supreme Court opinions will be deemed infallible and unreviewable
by any earthly authority [Ed. - Sorry - that does not appear to be a
change at all]
2) Catechism of the Catholic Church will now be "persuasive authority";
And, the number one change which a Catholic majority would make to
the Supreme Court . . .
1) Wednesday night bingo!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.