Abortion Ruling Raises Backlash for Catholic Justices

[Maranatha]

Abortion Ruling Raises Backlash for Catholic Justices

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.

The allegations have outraged Catholic organizations and conservative commentators, who have called the criticism bigoted and intolerant.

In the days after the court’s 5-4 decision upholding the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, a number of liberal commentators homed in on religious views of the justices in the majority who had voted to uphold the act.

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[WanderAimlessly]

Further proof of the hate of the Secular Relativists on the left.

 

[BlestOne]

Abortion Ruling Raises Backlash for Catholic Justices

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.

The allegations have outraged Catholic organizations and conservative commentators, who have called the criticism bigoted and intolerant.

In the days after the court’s 5-4 decision upholding the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, a number of liberal commentators homed in on religious views of the justices in the majority who had voted to uphold the act.

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Gee I sure hope their faith influenced the way they do their jobs and the decisions they make. In their hearts I am sure they know that abortion is killing and hopefully they can examine the law and find the way to declare all abortions illegal based on murder laws. The people complaining know it is wrong too, but they see it as a lesser wrong than promoting the selfish wants of man.

 

[BillP]

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The allegations have outraged Catholic organizations and conservative commentators, who have called the criticism bigoted and intolerant.

So let me get this straight, the Church threatens to withhold Communion from public servants who enact or enforce public policies that aren’t in accord with Church teaching, then scream when non-Catholics protest Catholic public servants acting in accord with Church teaching? The Church should realize it can’t have it both ways.

I believe we’ve seen the last Catholic Supreme Court Justice for at least 100 years.

 

[matt1985]

It doesn’t suprise me that Rosie would say something like that, but to hear a serious law professor say such a thing is disturbing.

 

[Dale_M]

So let me get this straight, the Church threatens to withhold Communion from public servants who enact or enforce public policies that aren’t in accord with Church teaching, then scream when non-Catholics protest Catholic public servants acting in accord with Church teaching? The Church should realize it can’t have it both ways. .

Indeed, it is hard to have your cake and eat it too. But I don’t think the Church is threatening to withhold Communion to politicians. Although some U.S.Bishops have mentioned it, it isn’t a policy of any Church body that I am aware of.

Along the same line, I don’t think any Church body has claimed there is an anti-Catholic spirit behind the protests regarding the Partial Birth Abortion ruling. Granted some Catholics, and even some Catholic organizations have claimed that, but I wouldn’t say it is a Church position.

Perhaps I am defining the Church too narrowly, but it seems that large numbers of Catholics are not claiming anti-Catholic bias regarding the protests.

 

[matt1985]

I think that pro abortion people are just mad that they lost and are looking for a scapegoat.

 

[mrteachersir]

Indeed, it is hard to have your cake and eat it too. But I don’t think the Church is threatening to withhold Communion to politicians. Although some U.S.Bishops have mentioned it, it isn’t a policy of any Church body that I am aware of.

Unless I am mistaken, the Catechism calls voting for abortion or for pro-abortion candidates a mortal sin (unless there is no other choice, then you must vote for the least evil). We cannot partake in the Blessed Sacrament with a mortal sin on our souls/consciences. Withholding the Most Holy Body and Blood is a mere recognition of their sin, a public reprimand, and a call for change. Others on this forum have argued that our bishops have not followed Church doctrine in withholding the Eucharist, and I wholeheartedly concur (I really can’t see a self-serving politician like John Kerry or Nancy Pelosi going to confession to confess voting for abortion…not when they repeatedly do so).

 

[Black_Jaque]

So let me get this straight, the Church threatens to withhold Communion from public servants who enact or enforce public policies that aren’t in accord with Church teaching, then scream when non-Catholics protest Catholic public servants acting in accord with Church teaching? The Church should realize it can’t have it both ways.

I believe we’ve seen the last Catholic Supreme Court Justice for at least 100 years.

That’s fine. At least we’ve had the privilege to see the first Catholic Supreme Court Justice.

What does it mean to be Catholic? If the only requirement is that a person say they’re Catholic, then the term is meaningless. If you’re really Catholic, you’ll act Catholicly.

What would it profit us to have a justice who says he’s Catholic, then doesn’t uphold an abortion ban? Can we really say we have a Catholic justice on the bench?

 

[st_lucy]

So let me get this straight, the Church threatens to withhold Communion from public servants who enact or enforce public policies that aren’t in accord with Church teaching, then scream when non-Catholics protest Catholic public servants acting in accord with Church teaching? The Church should realize it can’t have it both ways.

I believe we’ve seen the last Catholic Supreme Court Justice for at least 100 years.

I find hard to hear when someone gets angry with the group who is trying to stop mass murder and not angry with group doing the murder. Yes the Catholic justice did act as Christians and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I often wonder what people would people say in fifty years (hopefully) when all the murdering has finally stopped. Would they still be as upset with the Church for trying to stop the genocide or will they say that we did nothing, like they do with holocaust of the 1930-40’s?

Either way the Church will be persecuted… BUT we know that the gates of hell will never prevail.

 

[aurora77]

What I want to know is, where are Al Sharpton and those on the left who are so “sensitive” to bigoted speech? Why aren’t those people who screamed bloody murder at Don Imus not making the same fuss against O’Donnell?

 

[estesbob]

Dwayne Hickman rips apart Clarence Thomas in todays USA Today beacuse he doesnt vote the way a Black man should. Funny how the left screams about Catholics Justices supposedly following their Faith while sliming Thomas for not voting “Black”

 

[FCEGM]

Dwayne Hickman rips apart Clarence Thomas in todays USA Today beacuse he doesnt vote the way a Black man should. Funny how the left screams about Catholics Justices supposedly following their Faith while sliming Thomas for not voting “Black”

You’re right, Bob.

(My first thought was, “Not Dobie Gillis!” But I see the comments were made by DeWayne Hickman, not Dwayne. )

 

[love4mary]

When the Roe V/ Wade murder law was passed and then upheld by the Supreme Court, did commentators go into a frenzy about those “Protestants” who voted in the favorable? about their religious beliefs influencing their decision?

Thank God for Catholic justices who are not afraid and willing to stand up for what is right.

 

[GreenJeans]

Thomas and Scalia both indicated they may be open to a Commerce Clause challenge which would invalidate the law. But, since such challenge was not presented, they decided the case on the issues presented. It is entirely possible that when the Commerce Clasue challenge reaches the court, both of these Catholic justices will vote to overturn the law. That will make for truly interesting comment from all sides.

 

[Riley259]

Abortion Ruling Raises Backlash for Catholic Justices

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.

The allegations have outraged Catholic organizations and conservative commentators, who have called the criticism bigoted and intolerant.

In the days after the court’s 5-4 decision upholding the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, a number of liberal commentators homed in on religious views of the justices in the majority who had voted to uphold the act.

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It has nothing to do with their religious affiliation - Roe v Wade was just a bad decision from a legal perspective and the partial birth abortion case was decided on it’s merits alone. If you have a chance, watch a repeat of EWTN’s news show, The World Over, for more specifics.

 

[Ender]

So let me get this straight, the Church threatens to withhold Communion from public servants who enact or enforce public policies that aren’t in accord with Church teaching, then scream when non-Catholics protest Catholic public servants acting in accord with Church teaching? The Church should realize it can’t have it both ways.

BlestOne:

Gee I sure hope their faith influenced the way they do their jobs and the decisions they make. In their hearts I am sure they know that abortion is killing and hopefully they can examine the law and find the way to declare all abortions illegal based on murder laws

You both agree with the charge that the Catholic justices acted according to their Catholic beliefs instead of their sworn duty as justices. You are both seriously mistaken.

Bill: Catholic politicians who support abortion publicly reject a major Church teaching and the Church surely has the right and the obligation to determine whether they are fit to receive communion. There is no such teaching for judges; they are required to interpret the law as it is, not as their moral judgements say it should be. The situations of the politician and the judge are in no way alike.

BlestOne: Whether your realize it or not, what you advocate is for a judge to put his personal opinions above the law. This is precisely what a good judge should not do. It has been this very behavior that got us into the abortion mess to begin with. This is as grievous an insult to a justice as you could invent and it does harm to all five of the Catholics on the court for you to claim that they have perverted the law to advance their personal opinions, even if those opinions are based on the teaching of the Church.

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