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    Amy Coney Barrett Gave a Perfect Response to Anti-Religious Bigotry


    Amy Coney Barrett Gave a Perfect Response to Anti-Religious Bigotry
    By Tyler O'Neil Sep 26, 2020 10:13 AM
    Bill Maher Slams Amy Coney Barrett as a Really Catholic Nut

    President Donald Trump will nominate a woman to succeed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday, and observers expect him to choose Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. On Friday, after news outlets reported that Trump would choose Barrett, HBO host Bill Maher saved the potential nominee for her Roman Catholic faith. Yet perhaps no one has given a better response to such anti-religious bigotry than Barrett herself....



    ...Last year at an event with Hillsdale College, Barrett's student Stephanie Maloney asked the judge "What role, if any, should faith of a nominee have in the confirmation process?"

    Barrett said, "None."

    "I mean, we have a long tradition of religious tolerance in this country. And in fact, the religious test clause in the Constitution makes it unconstitutional to impose a religious test on anyone who holds public office," the judge explained.

    "So whether someone is Catholic or Jewish or Evangelical or Muslim or has no faith at all is irrelevant to the job," Barrett added.

    "I do have one thing that I want to add to that, though. I think when you step back and you think about the debate about whether someone's religion has any bearing on their fitness for office, it seems to me that the premise of the question is that people of faith would have a uniquely difficult time separating out their moral commitments from their obligation to apply the law. And I think people of faith should reject that premise,"
    she added.

    "All people, of course– well, we hope, most people– have deeply held moral convictions, whether or not they come from faith. People who have no faith, people who are not religious, have deeply held moral convictions," Barrett noted. "And it's just as important for those people to be sure– I just spent time talking about the job of a judge being to set aside moral convictions, personal moral convictions, and personal preferences, and follow the law. That's a challenge for those of faith and for those who have no faith."

    "So I think the public should be absolutely concerned about whether a nominee for judicial office will be willing and able to set aside personal preferences, be they moral, be they political, whatever convictions they are," Barrett explained. "The public should be concerned about whether a nominee can set those aside in favor of following the law."

    "But that's not a challenge just for religious people. I mean, that's a challenge for everyone. And so I think it's a dangerous road to go down to say that only religious people would not be able to separate out moral convictions from their duty,"
    she said.





    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
    (Ephesians 4:17-18)

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
    (Psalm 1)

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