"Judge Roberts had told Mr. Durbin he would recuse himself from cases involving abortion, the death penalty or other subjects where Catholic teaching and civil law can clash"
What? Do other judges have to recuse themselves where their personal beliefs clash with the civil law? (If the civil law permits the death penalty, and they oppose it, do they have to recuse themselves?)
Or are we just saying that Catholics can't be on the federal bench?
By that token, Catholics can't be president, either, since they can't preside over civil law.
Just the sort of arrangement Ted Kennedy should be proud of!
By that token, most other Christians can't either.
That makes a mighty big excluded majority. Guess Newdow is about the only one eligible by Turban Durbin's principle.
Methinks Turban had better look to his own ethics.
Oh, come on. I'm sure we could all come around to the idea of keeping Catholics off the SCOTUS bench. As long as we get the faux-Catholics out of the Senate...especially the ones from Massachussetts...first. 8^)