“It isn’t religion that divides us anymore.”

Is a SC Justice who truly believes this qualified to sit on the bench?

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I’d argue that religion is one of the only remaining things that DOES divide us.

All the things that have done so previously (such as racism, chauvinism, and homophobia) can find support in religious texts.

I won’t go so far as to say religion is responsible for the emergence of these issues, but it has acted as a justifying catalyst for their continued prevalence, which is effectively the same thing.

I also agree with a comment made elsewhere which stated that if you want to see how much religion is still an issue on the Supreme Court, try appointing a justice outside of the Judeo-Christian bloc, such as an atheist, Hindu, or Muslim.

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”…the least represented minority in America on the U.S. Supreme Court? Not Catholics, who have two-thirds of the seats. Not Jewish-Americans, who though 2 percent of the population, have 22 percent of the seats. Not African-Americans, who at 13 percent of the population have 11 percent of the seats. And not Hispanics, who at 15 percent of the population will have 11 percent of the seats. No, the most underrepresented group of Americans—nay, the most unrepresented minority, the largest group of our fellow citizens never to have had one of its own sit on the U.S. Supreme Court in the modern era is—Evangelical Christians.” -Slate

I read the quote with great anticipation, waiting for underrepresented non-believers to be mentioned and there after the dash - freakin’ evangelicals?

Aren’t the evangelicals the bunch that don’t believe in evolution, sleep with a finger on the gun trigger and despise education in all forms? Aren’t the judges supposed to be well read and intellectually respectable?

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Well, that would be the logical reason why Evangelicals are underrepresented in the highest court in the land, but remember the laws of logic do weird things where religion is involved.

I’m glad you quoted this passage though, because I’d argue that the most unrepresented minority is not Evangelical Christians….it is non-believers such as atheists, agnostics, and others of the like.

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Obviously, I missed your middle paragraph there, Lalli.  So you can disregard the last part of my post, as we seem to agree on how the quote should have ended.

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