Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on why she no longer attends the “Red Mass”—a Roman Catholic service for members of the legal profession in Washington:
Before every session, there’s a Red Mass. And the justices get invitations from the cardinal to attend that. And a good number of the justices show up every year. I went one year, and I will never go again, because this sermon was outrageously anti-abortion.
Ginsburg is Jewish, but non-observant, so there is no reason to expect her to attend the mass. But her reason for not joining her colleagues are revealing: While attending a Catholic mass apparently wouldn’t conflict with her Judaic religious sensibilities, they do offend her religious beliefs as a member of the Church of Pro-Choice.
(Via: The American Catholic)
October 6th, 2009 | 2:02 pm
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Tom Crowe. Tom Crowe said: Non-Catholic cool w/ going to Mass, but will not abide any affront to dogmas of the religion of abortion http://bit.ly/Fxprh (via @ROFTERS) [...]
October 7th, 2009 | 9:00 am
What did she expect? If I were attending a service held by a religion different from my own, I would expect there to be statements I disagree with. Though I am quite aware of Ginsburg’s position on abortion rights, this statement makes me concerned about her ability to listen to and understand beliefs different from her own.
October 7th, 2009 | 1:03 pm
Good for her. Thanks, Justice Ginsberg, for all you do.
October 7th, 2009 | 1:40 pm
Micheal Hickerson: Do you think she needs to be more “empathetic”? Ha ha.
October 7th, 2009 | 3:06 pm
[...] Joe Carter notes that Justice Ginsburg doesn’t attend a Red Mass ceremony not because she isn’t Catholic but because the sermon spoke against abortion: [...]
October 7th, 2009 | 3:11 pm
The Nicene Creed is also prolife, though a bit too subtle for Justice Ginsburg. It states: “Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven. And was incarnate of the Holy Ghost and of the Virgin Mary and was made man.” When did the Word become “incarnate of the Holy Ghost”? Long before his birth.
October 8th, 2009 | 1:42 pm
Justice Ginsburg is a woman of the left, which apparently means that no one has the moral right to appeal to her conscience regarding the horrible treatment that many unborn children undergo everyday.
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