AU Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Ascertain Sotomayor's Views on Church-State Sep

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July 9, 2009

Supreme Court Nominee’s Religious Liberty Decisions Are Few, Watchdog Group’s Report Says

Americans United for Separation of Church and State today reiterated its call for the Senate Judiciary Committee to question Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on issues relating to religious liberty and church-state separation.

The committee is scheduled to begin hearings on Sotomayor on Monday. In advance of that, Americans United has released a report listing Sotomayor’s rulings on church-state issues.

“Sotomayor’s church-state rulings are few in number,” said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United. “We need more information, and we’re relying on the Judiciary Committee to get it.”

AU’s examination of Sotomayor’s record found rulings in areas such as prisoners’ religious liberty rights, the display of religious symbols on public property and teacher-led prayer in public schools.

More: http://www.au.org/media/press-releases/archives/2009/07/au-urges-senate-judiciary.html

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. With the rise of the religious right,

I think it is important to view a judicial nominee's record on church/state separation.

I disagree with the sign at the bottom of your post, but defend your right to say it, and to be free of religion if that is what you desire. I state this only to show that even one who disagrees with you on that point can agree with you on the main point, that justices must remember and respect the First Amendment and keep religion out of government.