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Harriet Miers Attends Pro-Life Church, Pastor Opposes Abortion
LifeNews.com ^ | October 4, 2005 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 10/04/2005 12:05:25 PM PDT by gpapa

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- When a Supreme Court nominee doesn't have a black and white record on abortion, groups on both sides of the abortion debate look for nuances that could show a glimpse of how the nominee would rule on the contentious issue. Pro-life advocates may have found one on Harriet Miers with regard to the pro-life evangelical church she attends.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: abortion; harrietmiers; prolife; righttolife
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To: thoughtomator
So what. The BTK Killer attended a pro-life, evangelical church, and no one had a clue what a monster he was.

Guilt by association has some merit. Merit by association is idiotic.
41 posted on 10/04/2005 12:37:18 PM PDT by safisoft (Give me Torah!)
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To: gpapa

Ted Kennedy is against abortion but FOR womens rights. That is how he cake walks around his religion.


42 posted on 10/04/2005 12:38:55 PM PDT by cynicom
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To: thoughtomator

Do you feel that anyone in the public educational system should be barred from any leadership role in the Dept. of Education as well since the educational system is so leftwing?


43 posted on 10/04/2005 12:39:27 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: TonyRo76

The pastors actually support abortion??? The church itself "supports" it???

Or is it a case of "live and let live" (just about as bad - but still not quite the same).

Also, I haven't been gone THAT long!!


44 posted on 10/04/2005 12:40:04 PM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: Republican Red

I like your theory....


45 posted on 10/04/2005 12:40:08 PM PDT by goodnesswins (DEMS....40 yrs and $$$dollars for the War on Poverty, but NOT a $$ or minute for the WAR on Terror!)
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To: gpapa
It hardly matters what her personal view is regarding abortion. Lots of folks are "personally" pro-life, yet they uphold Roe V. Wade as legitimate case law.

The relevant thing is Meirs' view of precedent. Given that all lawyers are grilled with the supremacy of case law, and given that Miers has nothing indicating she has an opposing judicial philosophy (which would be remarkable indeed), it is highly unlikely she would reject the orthodoxy taught in law school.

The crisis of courts extends beyond personal feelings about abortion. One must have a correct understanding of the Constitution, and respect the limits it imposes on the courts.

The Founders intended the judicial to be the weakest branch of government. Does Miers share that view? Or does she accept the modern notion that supreme law comes from the bench?

46 posted on 10/04/2005 12:40:39 PM PDT by Gelato
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To: safisoft

"So what. The BTK Killer attended a pro-life, evangelical church, and no one had a clue what a monster he was."

I see. So did James Dobson, Chuck Colson, Jay Sekulo, American Center for Law & Justice, and President Bush support him too?


47 posted on 10/04/2005 12:41:24 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: thoughtomator
Maybe some experience doing a similar job in the past?

Ok, I can except that, she hasn't been a judge. I would prefer it that way myself. She is a workaholic, she'll come up to speed very quickly, IMHO. Have you read any of her opinions?

http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_10_02-2005_10_08.shtml

48 posted on 10/04/2005 12:41:43 PM PDT by Decepticon (The average age of the world's great civilizations has been 200 years......(NRA)
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To: Siena Dreaming

Hell, I think that most of the folks in the public education system should be barred from contact with children in the first place!

But seriously... yes, yes I do agree with the statement in your question. Why the heck would you take people who are part of the problem and propose them to be solutions?


49 posted on 10/04/2005 12:42:16 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Aren't the "reality-based community" folks the same ones who insist there is no objective reality?)
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To: gpapa

Harriet Miers is going to be an AWESOME Supreme Court Justice!

I was a doubter, but as more information comes out, the more determined I am that this is a truly GREAT pick!


50 posted on 10/04/2005 12:43:10 PM PDT by Obadiah (Deuteronomy 6:5)
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To: Decepticon

The way I feel about it is that if you are going to nominate a lawyer, then you nominate a judge. Otherwise you do the country and the world a favor and nominate someone who is not a lawyer at all (and maybe restore some common sense to the Court).


51 posted on 10/04/2005 12:43:23 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Aren't the "reality-based community" folks the same ones who insist there is no objective reality?)
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To: thoughtomator
The fact that we're seriously considering this story to discern a potential Supreme Court nominee's views further demonstrates the idiocy of her nomination.
52 posted on 10/04/2005 12:44:08 PM PDT by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: thoughtomator
Uh, because not EVERYONE in the bar is a raving homosexual lunatic. Not EVERYONE who teaches is a ignorant, left-wing activist. There are people working from within the system to reform it. Although the judicial system is heavily left-wing, not EVERYONE in the bar is corrupt.

If you would not see any Bar qualification as advantageous, there would be a lot of conservatives who are now active for conservative causes in the judicial field out in the cold.

53 posted on 10/04/2005 12:47:18 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: gpapa

These are good signs..

But does she believe Roe v. Wade should be overturned? And if yes, would she act on it? I wish there were a way to know..


54 posted on 10/04/2005 12:49:07 PM PDT by k2blader (Hic sunt dracones..)
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To: Decepticon

William Rehnquist did not have any judicial experience when Nixon chose him. Key words: no judicial experience.


55 posted on 10/04/2005 12:49:18 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: gpapa

My church is pro-life, too. Unfortunately, my pastor is not.
*sigh*
It's tough being a Catholic.


56 posted on 10/04/2005 12:53:44 PM PDT by dangus
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To: NittanyLion

>> Last I checked, John Kerry and Ted Kennedy also attend a pro-life church. <<

No, the Paulist Center isn't Catholic! It just advertises that it is.


57 posted on 10/04/2005 12:54:38 PM PDT by dangus
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To: Siena Dreaming

I would hope that they have other qualifications. If not, their applications aren't resting on much.

I would guess that there's a conservative or two in the ACLU or the UN trying to reform it from the inside as well, but I wouldn't consider either one anything but a stain on a resume.


58 posted on 10/04/2005 12:56:58 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Aren't the "reality-based community" folks the same ones who insist there is no objective reality?)
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To: thoughtomator
The way I feel about it is that if you are going to nominate a lawyer, then you nominate a judge.

Fair enough. I believe that 33(?) Supreme court justices were not judges, so it's not exactly a precedence to nominate a non-judge. As long as she can read the Constitution, keep her hands off my weapons and refrain from legislating from the bench, she is far better than O'Connor any day......

59 posted on 10/04/2005 12:57:34 PM PDT by Decepticon (The average age of the world's great civilizations has been 200 years......(NRA)
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To: Siena Dreaming

>> Uh, because not EVERYONE in the bar is a raving homosexual lunatic. <<

That's right! Haven't YOU ever walked into a gay bar by mistake? "Ummm.. the guys in here all look a little fruity, and there seems to be a lot of Adam's Apples on the ladies... I'm thinking the name Rammstein has little to do with industrial music. C'mon chica, let's find a different club."


60 posted on 10/04/2005 12:58:18 PM PDT by dangus
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