Amy Coney Barrett warned to recuse from gay rights case — by ex-members of her own Christian group: report

[Scott 20901]

 

On Monday, The Guardian reported that former members of Justice Amy Coney Barrett's controversial Christian organization, "People of Praise," are demanding that she recuse herself from an upcoming case which could create further exemptions for businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people on religious grounds.

 

"The former members are part of a network of 'survivors' of the controversial charismatic group who say Barrett’s 'lifelong and continued' membership in the People of Praise make her too biased to fairly adjudicate an upcoming case that will decide whether private business owners have a right to decline services to potential clients based on their sexual orientation," reported Stephanie Kirchgaessner. "They point to Barrett’s former role on the board of Trinity Schools Inc, a private group of Christian schools that is affiliated with the People of Praise and, in effect, barred admission to children of same-sex parents from attending the school."

 

https://www.rawstory.com/amy-coney-barrett-2658727784/?cx_testId=4&cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&cx_artPos=3&cx_experienceId=EXC93HV4HK4I#cxrecs_s

[jak2002003 8058]

What?  What is this rubbish?  Is it even written in English?  The headline does not even make sense!  

[Scott 20901]

15 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

What?  What is this rubbish?  Is it even written in English?  The headline does not even make sense!  

Feel free to Google other links.  Here's a few:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/nov/21/amy-coney-barrett-people-of-praise-lgbtq-303-creative-v-elenis

 

https://nypost.com/2022/11/27/supreme-court-justice-amy-coney-barrett-faces-calls-to-recuse-herself-from-lgbtq-case-over-christian-faith/

 

https://www.newsweek.com/no-chance-amy-coney-barrett-will-recuse-herself-lgbt-rights-case-1761395

[Tug 30853]

I worry that judge Amy cannot separate her faith from the law I do agree she should recuse as she should have done in roe v wade 

[OneMoreFarang 53798]

4 hours ago, Tug said:

I worry that judge Amy cannot separate her faith from the law I do agree she should recuse as she should have done in roe v wade 

Isn't that one reason why she was selected for that position?

It seems she is what many Americans want.

 

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1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Isn't that one reason why she was selected for that position?

It seems she is what many Americans want.

 

It may be what "many" want, but not what most want.

[Hummin 7925]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

It seems she is what many Americans want.

 

As an politician and judge, you have sworn in to protect minority’s rights and protect them from discrimination. Many or the majority is not always right when it comes to democratic terms and ruling. 
 

Seems most misunderstand what a democracy truly is. 
 

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The thing is, Coney Barrett wasn't just a Catholic. She's a member of a dubious cult within the Catholic Church. She was raised in that cult. When she went to University, she lived in the home of the cult leader. And then she married a fellow member of the cult.

[Tug 30853]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Isn't that one reason why she was selected for that position?

It seems she is what many Americans want.

 

In the United States we are governed by civil law not religious law the concern many have is she is unduly influenced by her strong religious belief 

[OneMoreFarang 53798]

2 hours ago, Tug said:

In the United States we are governed by civil law not religious law the concern many have is she is unduly influenced by her strong religious belief 

I guess that is why many (most?) American politicians end their speeches with something like: "God bless America"

In theory there should be a separation. But it seems in real life many of those bible thumpers would never even dream about voting for somebody who is not openly supporting Christianity. 

[OneMoreFarang 53798]

2 hours ago, placeholder said:

The thing is, Coney Barrett wasn't just a Catholic. She's a member of a dubious cult within the Catholic Church. She was raised in that cult. When she went to University, she lived in the home of the cult leader. And then she married a fellow member of the cult.

And all this was well known before she was appointed to be a supreme court judge - for the rest of her life.

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This christian organization seems to be more on the ball than SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts, whose new year message can be summarized as tone deaf.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jan/01/supreme-court-john-roberts-report-abortion

 

 

[Tug 30853]

16 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And all this was well known before she was appointed to be a supreme court judge - for the rest of her life.

Unfortunately the republicans held control of both houses she was forced on us she definitely didn’t have the support of the majority of Americans