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Lifelong Illinoisan here.

It is time to always add the adjective "Non-Catholic" Dick Durbin every time we mention his name.

He's not merely practicing a "personal pro-life" view and leaving law to the lawyers. He's actively seeking to undermine the position of the Catholic Church and personally see to it that anyone who holds a view consistent with the Catholic Church on said issue is disqualified from being a Supreme Court Justice.

This is not passive disobedience, or uniformed sinning. He is actively defying the Catholic Church, undermining it, claiming its membership and personal knowledge of the "real position" on the issue (or what they "really mean," take your pick). He is deliberately and knowingly punishing people for holding a position consistent with Catholic teaching, and using his position of power to discriminate against and persecute Catholics for holding those Church-consistent views.

He should be publicly excommunicated. I do not hold that pro-choice people should always be excommunicated, but in this case, he absolutely should.

The Church should immediately take action as he degrades the Church during the hearings.

Excommunication is, at this point, the only proper action, IMHO.