Record number of Supreme Court Justices attend Red Mass

[Tx4obama]

Record number of justices attend Red Mass

Six of the nine Supreme Court justices attended the annual Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on Sunday. The event’s speakers spoke about using faith in decision-making but largely stayed away from the controversial issues the court will face in the coming months.

Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Stephen Breyer, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Anthony Kennedy and Justice Elena Kagan all attended the 60th annual Mass. This was Kagan’s first Red Mass.

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Critics of the service find the attendance of leading decision-makers to be inappropriate.

“There is one purpose to have this. It is to make clear … just what the church hierarchy feels about some of the very issues that are to come before the court,” said Rev. Barry Lynn, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. “That is just wrong. And it is wrong for members to go -– not illegal –- but wrong for the archdiocese to promote and encourage this event.”

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Full article here: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/30/record-number-of-justices-attends-red-mass/

PLEASE read the FULL article.

[MADem]

1. Clarence...back in "the fold" again, doncha know....

He bounced around for a while, I am given to understand.

What's astounding is how many Roman Catholics there are on the "Supremes"--it's like a little Vatican Ulema, damn near! I guess you've got to be Catholic or Jewish to find a seat on the bench, these days!

Having six justices in attendance ties a record set in 2009. The only justices to not attend this year were Sonia Sotomayor and Samuel Alito, both of whom are Catholic, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is Jewish. Kagan and Breyer, both of whom were in attendance, are also Jewish.

[Dawson Leery]

2. Justice Ginsburg is correct to not attend.

Ginsburg no longer attends the Mass because she said she grew tired of being lectured by Catholic officials.

“I went one year, and I will never go again, because this sermon was outrageously anti-abortion,” Ginsburg said in the book “Star of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish.” “Even the Scalias - although they’re much of that persuasion –- were embarrassed for me.”