Post by Daniel on Sept 10, 2017 8:32:42 GMT -5
The Left Attacks Christian Judicial Nominees: Christians Need Not Apply
By Jay Sekulow
Two leftist Senators just attacked one of President Trump’s judicial nominees because she is a Christian. This is anti-Christian bigotry. The message of the Left is clear: Christians need not apply. This behavior was unacceptable in 1776, and it is unconstitutional today. Being a Christian should never disqualify anyone from public office. We demand an apology. We demand an end to this unconstitutional bigotry.
President Donald Trump nominated the highly qualified Notre Dame Law Professor Amy Coney Barrett for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Among her many accolades, Professor Barrett clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. She also happens to be a devout, pro-life Roman Catholic.
Earlier this week, Senators Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) turned a routine Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Professor Barrett into a religious inquisition. Senator Feinstein called Professor Barrett’s Christian faith a “concern” and snidely declared that “the dogma lives loudly within you.” Senator Durbin insultingly asked if Professor Barrett considered herself “an orthodox Catholic” and refused to accept her answer.
Think about that for a minute. Two senior U.S. Senators attacked a Christian woman’s faith in an open hearing, mocking her beliefs and outright insinuating that she was unfit to serve on the bench because she dare be a Christian.
This kind of bigoted, anti-Christian discrimination has no place in the U.S. Senate.
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aclj.org/religious-liberty/the-left-attacks-christian-judicial-nominees-christians-need-not-apply
By Jay Sekulow
Two leftist Senators just attacked one of President Trump’s judicial nominees because she is a Christian. This is anti-Christian bigotry. The message of the Left is clear: Christians need not apply. This behavior was unacceptable in 1776, and it is unconstitutional today. Being a Christian should never disqualify anyone from public office. We demand an apology. We demand an end to this unconstitutional bigotry.
President Donald Trump nominated the highly qualified Notre Dame Law Professor Amy Coney Barrett for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Among her many accolades, Professor Barrett clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. She also happens to be a devout, pro-life Roman Catholic.
Earlier this week, Senators Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) turned a routine Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Professor Barrett into a religious inquisition. Senator Feinstein called Professor Barrett’s Christian faith a “concern” and snidely declared that “the dogma lives loudly within you.” Senator Durbin insultingly asked if Professor Barrett considered herself “an orthodox Catholic” and refused to accept her answer.
Think about that for a minute. Two senior U.S. Senators attacked a Christian woman’s faith in an open hearing, mocking her beliefs and outright insinuating that she was unfit to serve on the bench because she dare be a Christian.
This kind of bigoted, anti-Christian discrimination has no place in the U.S. Senate.
more
aclj.org/religious-liberty/the-left-attacks-christian-judicial-nominees-christians-need-not-apply
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