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Are you concerned that Neil Gorsuch belongs to a far-left church?
American Thinker ^ | 02/10/2017 | Ed Straker

Posted on 02/10/2017 8:11:11 AM PST by SeekAndFind

President Obama was criticized by Republicans for attending a church led by Jeremiah Wright, who repeatedly criticized the United States for being, in his own opinion, an evil terrorist nation.  People wondered, how could Obama sit through sermons like that, year after year?  Didn't that mean that at the very least, Obama didn't have any serious problems with what Wright was saying?

Well, we saw after eight years of Obama that that was probably true – that Obama saw America in a bad light.  That's why he kept trying to "fundamentally transform" it.

But what about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch?  He belongs to a far-left church that embraces marriage redefinition, gun control, and the theory of man-caused global warming.

He belongs to St. John's Episcopal Church in Boulder, Colo., the Episcopal diocese of Colorado confirmed on Wednesday. Church bulletins show that the judge has been an usher three times in recent months. His wife Louise frequently leads the intercessory prayer and reads the weekly Scripture at Sunday services, and his daughters assist in ceremonial duties during church services as acolytes.

The first word that St. John's uses to describe itself on its website and Facebook page is "inclusive," and the church is led by a female rector. On its website, the church encourages members to write letters to Congress asking for actions addressing climate change.

That's not all.  Its website also calls for members to lobby their congressmen for more gun control.

And more:

Rev. Susan Springer has said she is pro-gay marriage and offers blessings to same-sex couples

The church's Rev. Ted Howard also signed a letter slamming the 'disrespectful rhetoric' directed at Islam as Trump floated a ban on Muslim immigrants[.] ...


(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: gorsuch; gorsuchbio; gorsuchchristian; gorsuchchurch; homosexualagenda; neilgorsuch; scotus; supremecourt
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe like Obama he wasnt listening


21 posted on 02/10/2017 8:20:49 AM PST by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: PghBaldy

Aren’t you criticizing Trump by suggesting that his Supreme Court candidate is unsatisfactory or even erroneous?


22 posted on 02/10/2017 8:21:24 AM PST by Tax-chick ("If you think free speech is assault but assault is free speech, you're a moron.")
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To: hsmomx3

See my post # 19.


23 posted on 02/10/2017 8:22:04 AM PST by supremedoctrine ("If you want to be able to predict the future, first you have to create it"---Lincoln)
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t really know, American Thinker. I really don’t know. What I do know is that I find some loose connection with the Reverend Wright/Obama connection (COMPLETELY ignored by Media, elitists and voters, BTW) and his (Gorsuch) wife and his church connections to be more “eating your own flesh” than anything else. Quick to criticize and “concern ninny” everybody to the point of total chaos that impedes any steps forward for our side.

I look at it this way, American Thinker. If there is indeed something terribly wrong, then either the leftist media and Democrats will out it with substantive facts without having to go to the conclusions AT makes about church attendees and their allegiance to AT’s assessment of the propriety. Of course, the faith we place in Donald Trump should assure us his team has already vetted him to their satisfaction.

Concern Ninny, Concern Ninny.....blah, blah blah. Yada, yada, yada......he maybe be bad.... ooga booga. I’m sick of this attrition of will and convictions on our side.


24 posted on 02/10/2017 8:22:14 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: SeekAndFind
His wife Louise frequently leads the intercessory prayer and reads the weekly Scripture at Sunday services, and his daughters assist in ceremonial duties during church services as acolytes.

Many guys only attend a church because their wives like it. This can be important in his role as a Supreme Court justice. How much influence would his wife have over him? To what extent would he bend his decisions to avoid upsetting his wife and her circle of friends?

On the lower court that he's been on, his wife and friends would not be affected, or even aware, of his rulings. The Supreme Court is different.

25 posted on 02/10/2017 8:22:35 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Loud Mime

I’ve been reading up on his judicial opinions. He’s a terrific judge who follows the law, not his personal feelings. I wouldn’t care if he worshipped Thor.


26 posted on 02/10/2017 8:23:23 AM PST by Tax-chick ("If you think free speech is assault but assault is free speech, you're a moron.")
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To: Tax-chick

Initiating obvious religious tests are no way for Republicans to gain friends and influence people.

This nominee has already proven his metal on the courts record.

It’s not generally accepted that subversives are Episcopalian.

Sounds like this article arouses the certain idea that finally the Left has succeeded in driving some conservatives as “nutty” as they are.


27 posted on 02/10/2017 8:23:57 AM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: SeekAndFind

His record on the bench speaks for itself. There are liberals and conservatives in almost every church, not many churches are 100% conservative these days.


28 posted on 02/10/2017 8:23:58 AM PST by ScottfromNJ
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To: SeekAndFind

Yep, it does. Like to see him hand in his letter of withdrawal. Lou Dobbs, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK2Yw9opwB4


29 posted on 02/10/2017 8:24:23 AM PST by Lonely Are The Brave
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To: SeekAndFind

Gorsuch may not be a good choice. In fact, he probably isn’t.


30 posted on 02/10/2017 8:25:17 AM PST by Crucial
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To: RitaOK

LOL - excellent points.

My mother goes to a liberal church, PC-USA, but she was a gung-ho Trump supporter from his first announcement.


31 posted on 02/10/2017 8:26:26 AM PST by Tax-chick ("If you think free speech is assault but assault is free speech, you're a moron.")
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To: SeekAndFind

My mothers Presbyterian church supports gay marriage also. My mom does not. I think this is more fake news.


32 posted on 02/10/2017 8:26:34 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SeekAndFind

This guy is another John Roberts.


33 posted on 02/10/2017 8:27:09 AM PST by JerseyDvl (PRESIDENT TRUMP trumps hate and racism! Put some ice on it Hitlery ;-)
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To: Tax-chick
I wouldn’t care if he worshipped Thor.

LOL

34 posted on 02/10/2017 8:29:35 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I bet the backroom deals are being made even as we type.............


35 posted on 02/10/2017 8:29:40 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

RE: My mom does not. I think this is more fake news.

Why is it fake news? It is real news that the church he goes to has a liberal Pastor and staff.


36 posted on 02/10/2017 8:29:42 AM PST by SeekAndFind (q)
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To: SeekAndFind
He belongs to St. John's Episcopal Church in Boulder, Colo

Oh, sober up and get real instead of sounding like you just got sucked up by a UFO.

It's the Episcopal church for goodness sakes. This is not a splinter group of the Branch Dividians. They worship golf and sailing as much as anything else.

37 posted on 02/10/2017 8:30:24 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: SeekAndFind

Why belong to a church unless you are at one with its teachings? Something smells here.


38 posted on 02/10/2017 8:30:51 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: JesusIsLord
The fact that a person belongs to a church led by pro-gay and pro-Muslim ministers speaks volumes about that person. This is disconcerting new.

I am tending to agree at this point....sadly

39 posted on 02/10/2017 8:31:28 AM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: SeekAndFind

As long as his pastors aren’t Jeremiah Wright, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson or Louis Farrakhan, I’m good.

A great tactic of the left. If they can’t submarine a pick, try and get the right to destroy one of their own by claiming they’re not conservative enough.


40 posted on 02/10/2017 8:31:49 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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