[Magdalen] Scripture Study Redux

[Jay Weigel]

Yes, but I don't think Justice Sotomayor is *that* kind of Catholic.

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 10:36 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> John Roberts and all of the other conservative Justices are Roman Catholic,
> as is Sonia Sotomayor. The other three liberal Justices are Jewish. This is
> the first time in the history of the Supreme Court that there has not been
> even one protestant on the bench. While I consider myself an
> Anglo-Catholic, I find this absence of the traditional protestant
> understanding disturbing.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Indeed. What "faith" does Roberts claim to practice? I've forgotten. I
> know
> > Scalia and Alito are dinosaur Catholics, and I believe Thomas belongs to
> > one of the AMIA outfits.
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote, “Unfortunately, people of
> faith
> > > can take no comfort in the treatment they receive from the majority
> > today.”
> > >
> > > As a person of faith, I resent that he assumptiously speaks for me.
> > >
> > > Grace, peace, and grrr,
> > > brud
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Learn something new every day -- the Scripture passages used against
> > LGBT
> > > > people are called "Clobber Passages."
> > > >
> > > > From the moment the Supreme Court ruled last month in favor of a
> > > > constitutional right to same-sex marriage, opponents placed the
> > decision
> > > in
> > > > a very specific analytical frame. Here, they contended, was an
> > egregious
> > > > example of secular culture triumphing over religious values and
> > religious
> > > > freedom.
> > > >
> > > > “Profoundly immoral and unjust,” the United States Conference of
> > Catholic
> > > > Bishops said in a statement. The Orthodox Union, the national
> > association
> > > > of Orthodox Jewish congregations, declared its “emphatic” and
> > > “unalterable”
> > > > religious opposition to same-sex marriage. The prominent evangelist
> > > > Franklin Graham reiterated that God had created marriage between man
> > and
> > > > woman and said, “His decisions are not subject to review or revision
> by
> > > any
> > > > man-made court.”
> > > >
> > > > In the dissenting opinions in the 5-to-4 vote, justices seemed to
> > > > anticipate the battles to come over adherence to the law by
> individuals
> > > and
> > > > institutions that doctrinally oppose same-sex marriage. Justice
> > Clarence
> > > > Thomas noted the “potentially ruinous consequences for religious
> > > liberty,”
> > > > while Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote, “Unfortunately, people
> > of
> > > > faith can take no comfort in the treatment they receive from the
> > majority
> > > > today.”
> > > >
> > > > Yet the discussion of secularism versus religion is incomplete. It
> > > ignores
> > > > or elides the growing number of theologians and religious scholars
> in a
> > > > range of faiths who, over a half-century, have been assembling and
> > > > espousing scriptural arguments in favor of gay rights and ultimately
> > > > marriage equality. The debate about same-sex marriage that has gotten
> > too
> > > > little attention is the intrareligious one.
> > > >
> > > > Well worth the read at:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/us/push-within-religions-for-gay-marriage-gets-little-attention.htmlCheers
> > > > ,
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > > > "The enemy isn’t liberalism;
> > > > the enemy isn’t conservatism.
> > > > The enemy, is baloney." - Lars Erik Nelson
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Christopher Hart
>
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