Comments for Sonia's Story at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 25 May 2013 15:48:02 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/sonias-story.html#comment-2165 What's Catholic? Perhaps Mr. Marlin's apparent hope for a marriage of Faith and Reason. Particularly evident in the closing quotation from Judge Buckley, which is about as wonderfully Catholic as one could ever hope for! Bravo. - Adam Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:26:48 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/sonias-story.html#comment-2164 The point is that other justices being Catholic seemed to be an impediment to the left and a reason to disqualify them (you can\'t have all them Catholics) BUT Sotomayor is not a White Male Catholic,So Nevermind! - bill Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:02:55 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/sonias-story.html#comment-2155 Pio: What's Catholic about George Marlin's column? I'm amazed at the question, given that the word 'Catholic' is used 7 times, that the column is about the probability that 6 of 9 justices of the Supreme Court will be Catholic, and that the views of Sonia Sotomayor call into question whether or not she's a faithful Catholic, a fact of great significance on the greatest moral issue of our day: abortion. -Brad Miner - Brad Miner Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:45:32 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/sonias-story.html#comment-2153 Why does everyone seem to have such a problem separating the THREE branches of government. If you want to "feel someone's pain" or identify with their plight or any other empathy towards others, you need to run for the presidency or for congress with the blessings of our constitution. If, however, you aspire to a lifelong appointment to the judicial branch, then you need to interpret the law based on the products of a legislature which must answer to the people not your own personal feelings. - CB Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:34:36 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/sonias-story.html#comment-2152 What exactly is Catholic about this column? - Pio Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:34:14 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/sonias-story.html#comment-2151 Why aren't liberals honest enough to admit that they love Sotomayor's type of Catholics, they just don't like those of us who embrace the fullness of our faith? We will always be an offence to such people, as Christ himself was for the powerful of His day. If we ever become popular, then we are doing something wrong for Christ promised that the world would reject us. - Leticia Velasquez Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:34:03 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/sonias-story.html#comment-2150 Ah yes, the best of both worlds... wouldn't it be grand. We laud those elected to these positions whose religious, socio-economic backgrounds are similar to our own and obligate them to vote accordingly while hoping that those on the other end of the spectrum embrace "objectivity". I am 100% prolife, but I am also in favor of sound logic and respect towards all of our neighbors. What isnt clear in this article is whether the author objects to her liberal viewpoint or the fact that she is latina. - Patrick Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:33:32 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/sonias-story.html#comment-2149 Imagine... “I would hope that a wise WHITE MAN with the richness of HIS experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a LATINA/BLACK/ASIAN WOMANwho hasn’t lived that life.” “I simply do not know exactly what the difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my MALE GENDER and my WHITE heritage.” Imagine... how would that go down? And who would defend it? - TW Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:43:43 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/sonias-story.html#comment-2147 Well time will tell if Sotomayor will attempt to politicize the court as so often has happened. In her judgements will she consider "Natural Rights" or exclude them from her decisions in favor of "Positive Law" and consensus. Does her respect for precedents trump inalienable rights. Her ethnic and geographical experience should be irrelevant to the letter of the law. So far it appears to me that this woman has not suffered the brutal and sleazy interrogation of some other Justices of late. - Willie Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:21:48 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/sonias-story.html#comment-2148 Mr. Marlin is so thoroughly proper. Let us be thankful that, when Catholics were viewed as an inferior cultural minority in the 1920s, Mr. Marlin's vision of jurisprudence did not prevail. In 1925, the Supreme Court, in the case Pierce v. The Society of Sisters, recognized the right of Catholic parents to send their children to parochial schools. This decision was based on an expansive view of due process, one that is out of fashion among today's conservatives. Viva la Sotomayor! - Bradley Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:21:05 +0100