Progressives Deploy Religious Ignorance and Bigotry to Stop Amy Coney Barrett

[NorrinRadd]

Without commenting on this specific case, I disagree that criticism of a candidate's religious beliefs is necessarily religious bigotry. Being a Scientologist would be totally disqualifying because the person would be unable to operate independently of Clearwater given the level of control they operate.

Then we need to amend the Constitution forthwith, to do away with the "no religious test" clause.

[NorrinRadd]

The "cult," FWIW.

[Cow Poke]

The "cult," FWIW.

They're tame compared to my cult - we believe in eating flesh, drinking blood, and dead people coming back to life! And it's not at all unusual for us to have chili cookoffs!

[KingsGambit]

Then we need to amend the Constitution forthwith, to do away with the "no religious test" clause.

"No religious test" means that a law cannot be passed forbidding people from certain faiths, like how a number of states used to (and a few still have on the books) laws prohibiting atheists from holding public offices. It doesn't mean that an individual Senator can't choose whatever factors they want for personal consideration. What if there were a nominee for Secretary of Defense who was a devout Quaker and said that he would never, ever, ever vote to authorize force, and that if you voted against him, it would be a religious test? Clearly his religion would be interfering with his ability to do his job, and so it would be with a Scientologist.

[KingsGambit]

But it is not the case here with Amy Coney Barret.

That's why I said "without commenting on this specific case".

[Cow Poke]

"No religious test" means that a law cannot be passed forbidding people from certain faiths, like how a number of states used to (and a few still have on the books) laws prohibiting atheists from holding public offices. It doesn't mean that an individual Senator can't choose whatever factors they want for personal consideration. What if there were a nominee for Secretary of Defense who was a devout Quaker and said that he would never, ever, ever vote to authorize force, and that if you voted against him, it would be a religious test? Clearly his religion would be interfering with his ability to do his job, and so it would be with a Scientologist.

In other words, it's not the "religious test" alone, as to which denomination or "cult" they belong to, but whether there is probable cause to believe there's some reason to think the person may not be reasonably capable of executing the duties and responsibilities of the office they seek, or to which they are being nominated.

[rogue06]

They're tame compared to my cult - we believe in eating flesh, drinking blood, and dead people coming back to life! And it's not at all unusual for us to have chili cookoffs!

And all that fried chicken

[Cow Poke]

And all that fried chicken

My belt is a fence around a chicken graveyard.

[Mountain Man]

Liberals are champions of women... until it's a conservative woman.