Neil Gorsuch belongs to a notably liberal church — and would be the first Protestant on the Court in years

[geronl]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/02/01/neil-gorsuch-belongs-to-a-notably-liberal-church-and-would-be-the-first-protestant-on-the-court-in-years/?utm_term=.44ac0dce11f8

The day after Donald Trump was elected president, the Rev. Susan Springer wrote to her congregation that they should strive to behave as Godly people who spread hope even though “the world is clasping its head in its hands and crying out in fear.”

That Sunday, one of the ushers at Springer’s church was Neil Gorsuch — soon to become President Trump’s nominee for the open spot on the Supreme Court.

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But at church, he often hears a more liberal point of view.

He belongs to St. John’s Episcopal Church in Boulder, Colo., the Episcopal diocese of Colorado confirmed on Wednesday. Church bulletins show that the judge has been an usher three times in recent months. His wife Louise frequently leads the intercessory prayer and reads the weekly Scripture at Sunday services, and his daughters assist in ceremonial duties during church services as acolytes.

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Mike Orr, a spokesman for the Episcopal Church in Colorado, described Gorsuch’s church, St. John’s, as a congregation that “does a lot of social justice and advocacy.” He said, “It’s a healthy and vibrant congregation. It’s very diverse in its congregants as well as its ministry.”

The first word that St. John’s uses to describe itself on its website and Facebook page is “inclusive,” and the church is led by a female rector. On its website, the church encourages members to write letters to Congress asking for actions addressing climate change.

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A 2004 article in the journal Anglican and Episcopal History examined the two Episcopal churches in Boulder. At the time, the writer described St. John’s as the older and more traditional church building, but the more theologically and politically liberal of the two. The churches diverged on the subject of homosexuality, the article said: the other church, St. Aidan’s, underlined the word “traditional” on its website while St. John’s added the words “AIDS-aware” to indicate its welcome to LGBT people.

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Meanwhile he lets this radical left female reverend influence his daughters.

[Oceander]

Isn't church, as opposed to government service, the place where one is expected to fulfill one's charitable intentions?  What is so necessarily inconsistent between being an originalist on the bench and being liberal with one's charity (as in offering it to all who need it) in one's private religious life?

[kevindavis007]

So???

[NavyCanDo]

Keep digging.

Reagan was a Presbyterian a church also well  known as being on the Liberal side of many social issues including gay marriage.  You really want to do down that path of having a litmus test on what denomination a person belongs?   

[kevindavis007]

I can see this type of crap at the TOS. Not here ...

[Right_in_Virginia]

Reagan was a Presbyterian a church also well  known as being on the Liberal side of many social issues including gay marriage.  You really want to go down that path of having a litmus test on what denomination a person belongs?   

 

[don-o]

Irrelevant.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

Constitution of the United States - Article VI - Section 3

[Frank Cannon]

Well, at least he is not a Jew, right folks?

[don-o]

Well, at least he is not a Jew, right folks?

I see what you did there.

[Frank Cannon]

I see what you did there.

I'm crafty that way.