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Even before President Trump selected Amy Coney Barrett on Saturday to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Justice Ruth Ginsburg, the federal appeals court judge already received attacks against her deeply-held Christian beliefs. However, these anti-Catholic attacks could backfire against Democrats with religious voters during the November election.Barrett belongs to People of Praise, a South Bend, Ind.–based, nationwide charismatic Christian community of Christian churches from various denominations, though membership is predominately Catholic. Critics in the media are upset that women in the group referred to themselves as “handmaids,†a Biblical reference to Jesus' mother Mary who called herself a "handmaid of the Lord."...Carrie Severino, president of the Judicial Crisis Network and a devout Catholic, told Just the News that anti-Christian attacks against Barrett could hurt Democrats by galvanizing voters who believe in religious freedom."I don't think religious bigotry, is something the American people want to see," Severino said. "And I think that the Democrats would be wrong to go down that route, and I think the American people will reject that....Severino noted an incident in 2018 when Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) raised concerns about federal judicial nominee Brian Buescher's membership in the Knights of Columbus.
