Via John J. Pitney Jr., the word from Marci Hamilton that the Stupak amendment “violates the Constitution’s separation of church and state. The anti-abortion movement is plainly religious in motivation, and its lobbyists and spokespersons represent religious groups, as is illustrated by the fact that the most visible lobbyists in the Stupak Amendment’s favor have been the Catholic Bishops.”
Illegitimate motivation, eh? Pitney takes the right line: “By this standard, Professor Hamilton would have to conclude that the 1964 Civil Rights Act is also unconstitutional.” But in Marciworld, as First Things has noted before, there are many strange things growing.
At what point can one nominate her for the anti-Catholic of the year award?
November 12th, 2009 | 9:09 pm
I like the quote in the penultimate paragraph of Mr. Pitney’s post:
“[S]ecularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Williams Jennings Bryant, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King — indeed, the majority of great reformers in American history — were not only motivated by faith, but repeatedly used religious language to argue for their cause. So to say that men and women should not inject their “personal morality” into public policy debates is a practical absurdity. Our law is by definition a codification of morality, much of it grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition.”
I especially like that the quote came from Pres. Obama.
November 13th, 2009 | 2:33 am
Yes, but the Civil Rights Movement was about recognizing the dignity of every human person.
Eh, I mean, eh, let me get back to you on that.
November 13th, 2009 | 5:46 pm
Prior to 1965, the federal government’s provision of medical care was limited to circumscribed clientele ( folk who were or had been in the employ of the U.S. Government in some capacity and a scatter of others). No insurance for the general population or social and demographic subsets thereof was provided. Is it her contention that the Constitution was being violated for the entire period running from 1789 to 1965?
November 21st, 2009 | 11:15 pm
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