Posted on 02/09/2006 5:14:18 PM PST by wagglebee
WASHINGTON, February 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The February edition of the Jewish bimonthly magazine, Moment, carries an excerpt from a book by Abigail Pogrebin, Stars of David; the book details conversations Pogrebin had with 62 famous Jews. The excerpt features Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of Pogrebin's subjects. What Ginsburg had to say about Christianity was noted by Catholic League president Bill Donohue:
"In the January 30 edition of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Abigail Pogrebin was asked which Jewish persons have left a 'profound impression' on her. She answered, 'I will never forget Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg saying, 'Don't put a [Christmas] wreath on this door.' Indeed, Ginsburg admits to putting a gold mezuzah on her office door's frame as a way of saying, 'This is my space, and please don't put a wreath on this door.' To observant Jews, the mezuzah reminds them of their connection to God. To Ginsburg, who is not observant, it is a symbol of protest.
"Ginsburg used to attend the annual Red Mass, a Catholic Mass that honors lawyers, but then she had a bad experience: 'I went one year and I will never go again, because this sermon was outrageously anti-abortion.' So much for respect for diversity. Just imagine how it would go down in the Jewish community if a Catholic Supreme Court Justice were to say that he would never again attend a particular Jewish event because he had to endure a talk that was 'outrageously pro-abortion.'
"In 1995, the Supreme Court ruled, 7-2, that it was constitutional to put a cross outside Ohio's state capitol building. The ruling said that the park was a public forum open to all expression, and could not therefore exclude a Christian symbol. Ginsburg dissented, explaining to Pogrebin, that 'a Jewish child who is passing by the Capitol' would surmise that 'this is a Christian country,' thus provoking the conclusion that 'There's something wrong with me.' Ginsburg had nothing to say about the fact that a menorah had been allowed on the same grounds prior to the ruling.
"What Ginsburg has said should give all Christians pause, especially Catholics. Her intolerance for our teachings and traditions is striking."
Ping.
Let's just hope that this hag retires soon, so that President Bush can appoint a conservative justice.
Gee, what did she expect at a CATHOLIC Mass?
Free condoms?
This woman's too stupid to be a judge, let alone on the Supreme Court.
When is she going to retire?
Speak of the devil!
She obviously is biased.
An ant1-abortion homily? In a Catholic Church? Extraordinary!
She SHOULD be offended....She should be worse than OFFENDED...she should be TORMENTED....
If she feels UNCOMFORTABLE hearing this at church, that should TELL HER SOMETHING!
MORALITY bothers her and OFFENDS her.....
Indeed. In her own words:
http://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.2363/pub_detail.asp
This is a chilling and stark remark.
And another thought - I wonder how Ginsburg, and the liberal drone*, would react if, say Scalia, made a comment such as, "I will never again attend a religious service put forth by progressives. The sermon given by the lesbian priest was chock full of vehemence towards those holding pro-life views."
* jla's metaphor for the collective body of liberals.
If very often does for people with a guilty conscience, people who are afraid of religion are afraid of going to hell, if they know it they would know its never too late for all of us.
fyi
And the "lets just get along" republicrats gave her a 98-0 vote.
My, how times have changed!!
I fear for our beloved country, stuff like this is building up and everyone just sits and watches.
Well, Ms. Ginsburg, the fact is that there IS something wrong with you, but it has nothing to do with your being Jewish. In fact, I suspect that, in actual practice, you're not really very "Jewish" anyway.
'I went one year and I will never go again, because this sermon was outrageously anti-abortion.'
If any of this is true that Ginsburg said, then she needs to recuse herself from any case involving the 1st Amendment's guarantee of religious freedom, as well as any case involving abortion, since her decision is already set.
Just shaking my head.
Then, my guess, that Catholic Supreme Court Justice would be thankful he isn't Jewish and pro-abortion! What a PUTZ she is. Non-practicing Jews are the most anti--Christian people out there! Religous Jews are not.
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