Those of faith can disagree on the refugee situ and both be doing “The Lords Work”(widows and orphans). Being a participating member of a church accepting homosexual marriage and baby killing (in the guise of women’s rights) tells me all I need to know about a future judges real, basic morale fiber, political leaning, and therefore the direction his future rulings will take.
It’s not just the refugee situation. It’s illegal aliens and the wall and the “Dreamers” and the very concept of borders. Most Catholic priests from Pope Francis on down take a position on immigration that is quite different from mine.
And there are other moral issues with which I disagree with the Church. I believe that not only is it permissible, but in many cases it is necessary for the protection of innocent human life, for the state to execute murderers and rapists. Yet the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church was amended by Pope Saint John Paul II to clarify that the use of capital punishment is valid only as a last resort to prevent further killing and that such requirements almost never can be met in the modern world, and every priest that I’ve ever met has expressed his opposition to the death penalty irrespective of circumstances. Those are heartfelt disagreements that I have with the Church’s teachings—issues on which I believe the Chuch to be misguided—yet I have not left the Church and, barring an unforeseen epiphany, never will leave the Church.
I don’t know Judge Gorsuch personally, and I suspect that neither do you. It is quite probable that he is as appalled by the recent positions on social issues taken by the Episcopal Church as I am whenever I hear a Catholic priest say “as Catholic, we must oppose the death penalty in all circumstances” or “as Catholics, we must support our immigrant brothers and sisters irrespective of their legal status.” Just as I would expect for you to judge me on my words and deeds, and just as I strive to judge others on their words and deeds, I believe that we should judge Judge Gorsuch on his record, not his church membership.