Posted on 09/07/2017 6:40:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
Senate Democrats came dangerously close to crossing a constitutional line regarding religious faith during an inquisition of one of President Trump's nominees for the federal court.
Senators grilled federal judicial nominee Amy Barrett -- demanding to know how her faith would influence her decisions from the bench. Barrett is a professor at Notre Dame Law School and a devout Catholic.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), expressed grave concerns that Barrett is a Catholic in good standing.
"When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you, and that's of concern when you come to big issues that large numbers of people have fought for, for years in this country," Feinstein said.
It was an "Are you now or have you ever been a Catholic" moment - and it was completely disgraceful. I warned you about this kind of religious waterboarding in my book, "The Deplorables' Guide to Making America Great Again."
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) interrogated Barrett over her use of the term "orthodox Catholics" - in reference to an article she wrote on capital punishment.
“Do you consider yourself an orthodox Catholic?” Durbin asked.
“If you’re asking whether I take my faith seriously and I'm a faithful Catholic, I am," she told the senator. "Although I would stress that my personal church affiliation or my religious belief would not bear on the discharge of my duties as a judge."
Durbin, who is a Catholic, told Daily Caller News Foundation that his questions regarding Barrett's religious beliefs were justified.
“I prefaced my remarks by saying that going into a person’s religion is not the right thing to do in every circumstance,” he said. “But she’s been outspoken. As a law school professor at Notre Dame she has taken on the tough challenge of how a person with strong religious beliefs becomes a judge and looks at American law.”
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) accused Barrett of being unfit for the bench because of her ties to Alliance Defending Freedom - an organization he called a "hate" group.
Barrett had once delivered a speech at the renowned law firm that specializes in defending religious liberty cases.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a far-left smear machine, labeled Alliance Defending Freedom a hate group.
"As a member of Congress, Sen. Franken needs to fact-check before parroting discredited attacks by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a once-proud civil rights organization that is now a left-wing smear machine known to incite violence," ADF president Michael Farris said in a statement. "Alliance Defending Freedom is the largest religious liberty legal advocacy organization in the world and advocates for the freedom of all people—including Sen. Franken’s constituents—to peacefully live, speak, and work consistently with their convictions without fear of government punishment.”
Last June Sen. Bernie Sanders viciously attacked the religious faith of Russell Vought, the president's nominee to be deputy director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Sen. Sanders deemed Vought unsuitable for office because the nominee believes that salvation is found alone through Jesus Christ. He said someone with that kind of a religious belief system is “really not someone who this country is supposed to be about.”
The Vermont senator’s comments brought strong condemnation from Christians across the nation – including Family Research Council President Tony Perkins.
“Senator Sanders is taking the Obama era’s religious hostility and putting it on steroids,” Perkins said.
Or course we have a religious qualification test before you can hold public office in the US— if you are a devout member of a traditional faith, you are barred.
In the old days when there was a Constitution (younger readers will have to look up the meaning of that word) religious believers were permitted to serve in government.
But those were the bad old days, not the progressive, liberal present.
DiFi looks like a cross between Mrs. Doubtfire and Lois Lane.
Put a “barf alert” on that picture. When she croaks, Feinstein won’t need enbalming fluid; no maggot would touch that Demonicrat.
2&3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, "I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Amen
The Freedom From Religion Clause can be found in the emanations from penumbra in the New and Improved Constitution 2.0.
Best quote on this issue comes from Hilaire Belloc:
“Gentlemen, I am a Catholic. As far as possible, I go to Mass every day. This [taking a rosary from his pocket] is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down and tell these beads every day. If you reject me on account of my religion, I shall thank God that He has spared me the indignity of being your representative.”
let me show you how much I agree with you:
The preambles of both the US Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Maine, make it clear that they protect the life of the baby in the womb?
The Websters Dictionary of 1828 defined posterity as:
POSTER’ITY, noun [Latin posteritas, from posterus, from post, after.]
1. Descendants; children, children’s children, etc. indefinitely; the race that proceeds from a progenitor. The whole human race are the posterity of Adam.
2. In a general sense, succeeding generations; opposed to ancestors.
Would that not be the baby in the womb?
Preamble of the Constitution of The United States Of America:
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The Constitution of the State of Maine echoes the protection of “our posterity” our future generations, the baby in the womb,
PREAMBLE.
Objects of government. We the people of Maine, in order to establish justice, insure tranquility, provide for our mutual defense, promote our common welfare, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty, acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity, so favorable to the design; and, imploring God’s aid and direction in its accomplishment, do agree to form ourselves into a free and independent State, by the style and title of the State of Maine and do ordain and establish the following Constitution for the government of the same.
Every time any court, any politician, any member of the Senate, like Susan Collins and Angus King, any member of the House of Representatives, like Chellie Pingree, the courts or any member of the Maine Legislature, like Scott Hamann vote to authorize in any way shape or form, abortion they are in direct violation of their oath of office.
But worse folks is the refusal, on the part of Public Education, the School Boards and educators to teach this simple truth to the Students of Maine and the Country as a whole.
Both the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Maine are without a doubt guaranteeing the safety and future of the baby in the womb.
Rev. Bob Celeste
Write in Candidate for The US Senate, for Maine in 2018
But, alas, I am ineligible, for I am a Bible believing Born Again Washed in the Blood of The Lamb Christian who understand exactly what GOD is commanding in Leviticus 20:1-5 and have read, studied and will obey the Declaration Of Independence, the US Constitution and the Constitution of Maine.
Someone needs to ask Sen. Feinstein how many questions she put to Jim Jones of People’s Temple about how his religious beliefs might influence
his political decisions...
What can you expect when these people have no respect for the very concept of life? Also for those who are silent or express outrage, but little else. The nominee should have answered: “There is a fine line between legitimate questioning and character assassination and you have crossed it. I will not allow that to go unchecked.”
The Democratic Party is the neo pagan Party. Such behavior from elected Democratic officials is expected. When they have power the torments and persecution of people of faith will become worse and more overt.
Discrimination based on religious beliefs. How quaint.
Do they not know they are damaging their credibility when they do this. I wonder if they know what JFK’s religion was and what party he was a member of.
They are religious bigots, based on the definition of the word.
The party of faggotry, cultural Marxism and the murder of innocents: “Have you now, or have you ever been, a Christian?”
Looks like the Dems want to forget their hero Kennedy was a devout Catholic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The DNC dances to the Muslim Brotherhood’s tune. The other day I read a story where they were all agush over a Muslim they were billing the next Obama.
This will continue as long as Senators lack the character to condemn it. i therefore suspect that it continues indefinitely.
“When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you, and that's of concern when you come to big issues that large numbers of people have fought for, for years in this country,” Feinstein said.”
Imagine that! Coming from a godless Secular Progressive Jew, who probably hasn't been to Temple in 50 years. Sure no Judaism in old Dianne, just Marxism!
These Democratic Senators committed a hate crime.
Oddly enough, I believe Feinstein was raised Christian and went to Catholic schools.
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