Abortion Ruling Raises Backlash for Catholic Justices (BARF alert)

ABC.com ^ | 04/26/2007 | JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG

[FixitGuy]

What it means when a man says, "It's the woman's right to choose".

The woman sees she's made a huge mistake and was too drunk.

The man says, "Well if you have to abort it, I guess you have to."

Thinks to himself, "Whew, that was close!"

That about right?

[ZULU]

“The Supreme Court’s landmark abortion ruling last week has triggered an anti-Catholic backlash, with critics pointing to the Catholic faith of the five justices in the majority and suggesting their religious views influenced their decision in the case. “

Morons. Evangelical and fundamentalist Protestants and Orthodox Jews oppose abortion also. So do Orthodox Christians.

[ZULU]

My guess is the two “Jewish” justices who voted for it are secular cultural Jews rather than religious Jews.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Rosie’s comment was crude and stupid (not to mention very unoriginal). However, I do think it’s reasonable for people to be concerned about a Catholic majority on the court when 1) this doesn’t reflect the religious make-up of the country, and 2) The Catholic Church is fond of issuing pronouncements telling politicial figures that as Catholics they are obligated to vote in accordance with the Church’s teachings, especially on this topic. Same would hold for any other religion: a one-religions majority on the court is somewhat problematic if it’s not reflective of the country’s religious make-up, and even more problematic if the religion in question officially teaches that political figures are obligated to vote in accordance with its teachings.

[2ndDivisionVet]

One prick would do it, I do believe!

[wolfcreek]

Anyone who would start off quoting the sleazy Rosie isn't worth the lint in her fat folds.

[Buckeye McFrog]

...I doubt most people would even know they were Catholic without ABC out there waving the bloody shirt around.
Looks like ‘08 is going to be a long year to be a Catholic....or a Mormon.

[Gene Eric]

Any individual that thinks anti-abortion activity is an exclusive concern to Catholics is an ass.

The small minded who crawl to the refuge of Catholic Hate as a diversion away from facing the harsh reality of the violence perpetrated on innocent new life are to the rest of us pathetic, self-indulging fools. It’s far too plain for pro-abortionists to accept the simple principle that those of us who abhor the systematic process of abortion are concerned about ‘the children’ and not what the fools perceive as blind adherence to the coincidence of religious values.

[Rutles4Ever]

So, in other words, we need some affirmative action on the SCOTUS? Why stop there? Let’s analyze the religious makeup of Congress. And the Presidential cabinet. And the Defense Department. You know, there are too many neo-con Jews in the Department of Defense. That’s why we’re in Iraq, right? At least, that’s what the media says.

[muawiyah]

The Ginzburg broad hardly votes to support “precedent”. She’s the worst ideologue on the court and consistently votes to kill the innocent and enrich the guilty.

[CheyennePress]

Exactly right. The public would have no clue with the exception of Justices Scalia and maybe Alito. And that’s simply because they’ve got blatantly Italian names. Kennedy? Maybe.

But then again, I’d be surprised if 30-40% of the public can name a single justice on the Surpreme Court. And that’s with all the press they’ve had recently.

[muawiyah]

The "majority" changed from being composed mostly of a cadre of secular Jews and secular Episcopaleans (who cannot, by rational people, be differentiated) to one of mostly Catholic most of the time (Stevens is a big question mark on that though).

As the non-Catholics die off, retire or get kicked off the Court, it is time to nominate no one but Holy Rollers ~ (to keep up with that "represenative of the population" part).

[IrishCatholic]

That is why I read the opinions themselves at the SCOTUS web site. What is not commented on by the press is the fact that the concurring opinions by Thomas and Scalia stated that abortion NEVER was a Constitutional issue. Rather than a settled issue by the advocate professors, it is a made up right.

[Petronski]

The Supreme Court has a serious Catholic problem.

There are only five!

[Frank Sheed]

Psssst! Plan B is now in effect! Kennedy has been activated!

[Petronski]

Shhhhh!

[cpforlife.org]

righty-o!

[cpforlife.org]

"The Supreme Court has a serious Catholic problem.

There are only five!"

I wish brother. There are only four. Anthony Kennedy is a heretic. He continues to support Roe v Wade. Also IIRC Kennedy supports sodomite rights.

[RobbyS]

He served at the Court under Brennan, a bigger hypocrite than which one cannot imagine. Brennan pushed Blackmun into his opinion, because he was afraid, as a nominal Catholic, to get his hands dirty by openly taking the lead.

[garv]

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