Just when you thought you'd heard it all...She's a bigot, a racist, not smart enough, too boring, no landmark rulings, the new talking point for the party of "No" is.....Judge Sotomayor will cause a majority of....Catholics on the Supreme Court.
Excuse me, just picking my head up off of my desk.
http://www.firstthings.com/...
The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court raises the prospect that for the first time in history there will be a supermajority of justices on the same court affiliated to one degree or another with the Catholic Church. Indeed, if her nomination is successful—as most experts believe it will be—half of the Catholics who have ever been on the Supreme Court will be serving simultaneously.
Ok, since we have no state sponsored religion, as long as we keep the Talibornagain out of control, why does this matter? A judge shouldn't rule based on his/her sex, race or religion, right?
At the same time the number of Protestants on the court will fall to a historic low—with David Souter’s retirement, John Paul Stevens will be the lone Protestant. With Catholic representation on the land’s highest court at its apex, and Protestant representation at its nadir, the question must be asked whether this reflects a shift in the balance of legal influence reflective of underlying deficiencies in American Protestantism.
Again, as far as the Court goes, it doesn't matter, however, it IS a sign that all religion, expecially the hard conservative branche/faiths are taking a hit as younger genrations just aren't following their parents down the path to fundamentalism. Younger generations are more apt to question things, not merely accept "The Bible says so" as an answer to lifes questions. Just my opinion.