[a fool in paradise]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

This is establishing bounds on religion.

And it is not an instance of Catholics or those of other Christian faiths promoting the use of illegal drugs, illegal child marriages, illegal polygamous marriages, or anything else illegal.

It is a case of saying "we will NOT...".

Those who want an abortion or to have a same sex marriage still have other hospitals and other religions they can go to.

You can no more force someone to perform an abortion than force them to execute a murderer (say we choose citizens like we do for jury duty and say "you there, pull the switch!").

[NYer]

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[AnAmericanMother]

I was at best a lukewarm supporter of Judge Bork back when he was nominated for the Supreme Court.

He does not believe in the Second Amendment. He testified at the time (and apparently still believes) that it is merely a collective right for the States to form a militia, even though the Supreme Court has now ruled otherwise.

I do not understand how he can hold this wrong-headed view and be reliable on any other issue.

The Second Amendment is the one that guarantees all the others . . . .

[Lorica]

Judge Bork said he also thought that America is “now going down a path towards kind of a happy-go-lucky nihilism.”

“A lot of people are nihilists,” he continued. “They don’t think about religion. They don’t think about ultimate questions. They go along. They worry about consumer goods, comfort, and so forth.

He nails it.

[Running On Empty]

Ping

[giotto]

The Catholic Church is useless as a moral compass for its millions of faithful followers. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued this handy, helpful set of guidelines which spells out what bishops and priests can and cannot do regarding political matters:

Do's And Don'ts--Faithful Citizenship--United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

It's a long and very complicated list that boils down to this: Saving the 501(c)(3) status of the Catholic Church in the U.S. is more important than saving souls.

[Salvation]

A lot of praying as well as suffering ahead!