Posted on 07/30/2019 5:23:57 AM PDT by Cronos
In a 51-40 party-line vote Wednesday afternoon, the Senate voted to confirm Brian Buescher as a federal district judge for the district of Nebraska after he faced scrutiny from Judiciary Committee Democrats late last year for his membership in a Catholic fraternal organization.
Buescher found himself at the middle of a national debate about religious intolerance late last year after he was questioned by Democratic Sens. Mazie Hirono, Hawaii, and Kamala Harris, Calif., about his involvement with the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization dedicated to the principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism.
“The Knights of Columbus has taken a number of extreme positions,” Hirono said in December, noting the group’s adherence to Catholic teaching on same-sex marriage. “If confirmed, do you intend to end your membership with this organization to avoid any appearance of bias?”
Before the vote, Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska took to the Senate floor to defend Buescher and urge colleagues to vote in favor of confirmation.
“Brian’s confirmation process has been an occasion for one of the most baffling displays of constitutional confusion and for prejudice I’ve seen in my time here,” Sasse told the chamber.
“Brian is a Catholic, and he’s a member of the Knights of Columbus. The Knights of Columbus is the largest Catholic fraternal organization in the world,” Sasse pointed out. “This is not a scandal.”
“But according to some of my colleagues,” Sasse continued, “the Knights of Columbus is an extremist outfit. One of my colleagues suggested that Brian needs to resign his membership in the Knights if he were confirmed to the federal bench to ‘avoid the appearance of conflict and bias.’ Really bizarre stuff.”
Sasse also called the questions about Buescher’s membership in the organization “plain, unadulterated anti-Catholic bigotry.”
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“...for his membership in a Catholic fraternal organization.”
The Horror! THE HORROR!
*Rolleyes*
I’ll take ‘In For Yet Another Win!’ for $600, Alex! MAGA! :)
Sounds like desperation - Democrats and the Vatican are in league with each other. Now you’ve got them criticizing a judge for being a member of a Catholic group.
What’s up with that?
I thought most Catholics were so liberal. The Dems should fall over themselves to vote fro this judge.
Key word “were” — the Dems have moved on to other sucker groups
The complaints about his membership in the K of C tell you two things.
1. Democrats aren’t afraid of losing the K of C vote (they didn’t have it in the first place. K of C membership tends to be older, more religiously observant and at least somewhat Conservative)
2. They think they can boost campaign contributions from anti-catholic, anti-religious, LBGTQ’s with these attacks.
It actually tells you nothing about their true beliefs, which they might or might not even have.
Democrats declare war on the Knights of Columbus.
80+% of Catholics in Pittsburgh will still vote Democrat regardless.
LGBTQ’s have tons of disposable income, so you may be on to something there.
It tells you that the global elites are coming for the Catholics. Count on it.
Christianity in general is 10 years from being unofficially illegal on a global scale. 50 years from being officially illegal.
I believe him because Mitch has been stellar at doing his job regarding judges, and this endeavor will outlast both Trump and Mitch.
Do you see how respectful I've been in this post and never once called him the turtle:)
OK, I couldn't he'p myself.
K of C is cool.
Neat outfits. With swords!
Thanks Cronos.
It means these liberal inquisitors make a distinction btwn types of contemporary Catholics that the Vatican largely does not.
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