Isn't the Catholic church the largest single religious denomination in the USA? (Not that religions are entitled to proportional representation any more than sexual or racial groups). My point is that if you picked lawyers by lot you might end up with a balance that has a lot of Catholics. I don't care what religion he is, I think he is a better nominee than Miss Miers (although I could certainly support her for a District Court or Circuit Court of Appeals).
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Just as Miers' religion was irrelevant (IMO), so is Alito's.
No, protestants outnumber Roman Catholics 2 to 1. While catholics are primarily in one monolithic denomination and the protestants are separated into many, if a person just picked a person at random, they would they would be twice as likely to pick a protestant than a catholic.
From the CIA fact book: Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
True, but that's a straw man as most christians are Protestant.