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Jeanne_S
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The Dogma Lives Deep Within You…
Democrats Launch Smear Attacks on Amy Coney Barrett’s Adopted Children
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OraLabora
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Indeed. I am an adopted “kid” if you can call a 62 y.o. a “kid”. I’m glad I was conceived in 1957 and not now! My unwed biological mother gave me up for adoption.
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upant
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in the questioning, it was about religion
Durbin was more direct.
what does being an orthodox catholic have to do with being a judge?
again Durbin
yeah, it was about religion
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Nepperhan
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Durbin was quoting the judge, I think. He’s Roman Cahtolic.
"Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois took issue with Barrett’s use of the term “orthodox Catholics” as it appears in her article, to the extent that it brands Catholics who do not hold certain positions on capital punishment or abortion as heterodox or possibly heretical.
“Do you consider yourself an orthodox Catholic?” Durbin asked."
See what a difference selective editing makes?
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did you read durbins comment about bringing religion into the hearing
sometimes you have got to believe what they say.
She does not. Does the Catholic Church?
What difference does that make in the confirmation of a federal judge?
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Jeanne_S reminding us of Senator Feinstein’s interrogation . . . .
I read the remarks and I could see that they did focus on her Catholicism. You’re just correct here. Checking a nominee’s religion in this manner is bigotry.
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I want this on the back of my ‘The Dogma Lives Loudly In Me!’ T shirt!
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marybobo
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And isn’t Durbin a Catholic?
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qui_est_ce
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Somehow it’s okay to be Catholic if you’re proabortion. NPR waxes unabashedly over Joe’s Catholicism. A play to get it’s Catholic listeners to come around.
The following is typical of Biden’s approach to his faith. This view of faith has always bothered me. It seems more of a philosophy than the cross which Jesus says we must take up. Cheap grace. (Bolding mine)
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KMC
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To the media and those on the left, the only good Catholic is one who primarily serves leftist ideals, and God secondarily. They want a Catholic willing to stand up for abortion rights, embryonic stem cell research, same sex marriage, and willing to force fellow Christians to violate their consciences.
Catholic public figures who consistently act contrary to their faith publicly are lauded, while those who don’t hold such heterodox views are excoriated.
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Nepperhan
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OK, then why should we worry about what any yahoo on the street says? You somehow see this as evidence of a smear campaign starting which will infect the nomination process? That’s not what the title of this thread states – in someone’s view the Democratic smear campaign is underway. Then you use a cynical prediction to state what Democrats will or will not do.
All of this is just inappropriate and irresponsible journalism.
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Nepperhan
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These views need to be examined. I hope more information come from Judge Barrett during the hearings on her nomination:
"[Barrett’s] a member of People of Praise, a charismatic covenant community in South Bend, Indiana, that has been criticized by former members for being a religious cult. Though most of its members are Catholic, its practices, including speaking in tongues and faith healing, draw more from fundamentalist and evangelical Christianity than the Vatican. One of its most notable features is the submissive role played by women, some of whom were called “handmaids”—at least until the Handmaid’s Tale aired in 2017, At that point, the group started referring to them as “women leaders.”
Barrett has written and spoken publicly about being a devout Catholic lawyer, even saying that during her confirmation hearing that she would not enter an order of execution if she were a federal trial judge because it would conflict with Catholic Church teaching. In 2006, she gave a commencement speech at Notre Dame law school in which she told the grads, “Always keep in mind that your legal career is but a means to an end, and…that end is building the kingdom of God.” But Barrett has not publicly addressed her involvement with People of Praise."
www.motherjones.com
Abner Mikva was criticized for being a federal judge and at the same time being involved with sections of the ABA, a lawyer’s organization. Judges traditionally tend to avoid membership in anything that gets close to politics.
"[Barrett’s] a member of People of Praise, a charismatic covenant community in South Bend, Indiana, that has been criticized by former members for being a religious cult. Though most of its members are Catholic, its practices, including speaking in tongues and faith healing, draw more from fundamentalist and evangelical Christianity than the Vatican. One of its most notable features is the submissive role played by women, some of whom were called “handmaids”—at least until the Handmaid’s Tale aired in 2017, At that point, the group started referring to them as “women leaders.”
Barrett has written and spoken publicly about being a devout Catholic lawyer, even saying that during her confirmation hearing that she would not enter an order of execution if she were a federal trial judge because it would conflict with Catholic Church teaching. In 2006, she gave a commencement speech at Notre Dame law school in which she told the grads, “Always keep in mind that your legal career is but a means to an end, and…that end is building the kingdom of God.” But Barrett has not publicly addressed her involvement with People of Praise."
It's not anti-Catholic to ask Amy Coney Barrett about her religious group People of Praise
Before the TV show appeared, women leaders were referred to as “handmaids.”
www.motherjones.com
Abner Mikva was criticized for being a federal judge and at the same time being involved with sections of the ABA, a lawyer’s organization. Judges traditionally tend to avoid membership in anything that gets close to politics.
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Cathoholic
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Nepperhan . . .
But if you are so inclined, you can ignore it on your own but
you have seven of the forty posts here
so it looks like you are interested in this thread too.
Nepperhan . . .
Look no further than the Brett Kavanaugh smear campaign (and how the conservatives saw that one coming too) to validate what I am thinking over this.
I stand by the thread.
Because we’ve seen this leftist ploy play out too many times before to ignore it.
But if you are so inclined, you can ignore it on your own but
you have seven of the forty posts here
so it looks like you are interested in this thread too.
Nepperhan . . .
I think it is just the opposite.
Look no further than the Brett Kavanaugh smear campaign (and how the conservatives saw that one coming too) to validate what I am thinking over this.
I stand by the thread.
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Nepperhan
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I like to point out shortcomings.
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Nepperhan . . .
But the people at Breitbart News, have to have that same freedom you want (and “like”) for yourself.
They want to point out shortcomings too.
And a leftist shortcoming
is the smear campaign that Amy Coney Barrett is going to be put through by the leftists in the Senate, the social media GIANTS, and the leftist “news” media that they are already embarking upon.
Go ahead and point one out then.
But the people at Breitbart News, have to have that same freedom you want (and “like”) for yourself.
They want to point out shortcomings too.
And a leftist shortcoming
is the smear campaign that Amy Coney Barrett is going to be put through by the leftists in the Senate, the social media GIANTS, and the leftist “news” media that they are already embarking upon.
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marybobo
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And you do it often.
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Annie
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Wow. You do know that even the Church Herself has been “criticized by former members for being a cult”?
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