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Sotomayor tells senator she "never thought" about rights of the unborn

By: Susan Ferrechio
Chief Congressional Correspondent
06/09/09 6:36 PM EDT

Judge Sonya Sotomayor got mixed reviews from GOP Senators today has she continued meeting and greeting with lawmakers.
While retiring Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., praised Sotomayor and proclaimed her confirmation a done deal after meeting with her today, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., was less impressed, particularly with her views concerning the Second Amendment and abortion.
DeMint said he asked if the unborn have any rights and Sotomayor responded that she had never thought about it.
"This is not just a question about abortion, but about the respect due to human life at all stages, and I hope this is cleared up in her hearings," DeMint said after the meeting.
As for the right to "keep and bear arms" guaranteed by the Second Amendment, "She was unwilling to say the Second Amendment protects a fundamental right that applies to all Americans, which raises serious questions about her view of the Bill of Rights," DeMint said.




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Viv

Jun 10, 2009

But how can that be...isn't she a "Catholic"?

 

Greg the Catholic guy

Jun 10, 2009

Once and for all, will you all please get it straight? I'm tired of this mis-information!! The judge was born to a Catholic family, but from everything I have read about her she does not attend church or follow the tenets of the Catholic faith, as witness her pro-abortion opinions. She is what we Mackerel-snappers would call a "lapsed" or "non-practicing" Catholic. She has left our faith. She is no longer considered a Catholic. She should be treated as any other secular official for whom religion is a non-issue. Stop using her as just one more excuse to indulge in Catholic-bashing and start worrying about what this country will look like after a few years of having a supreme court that is totally dominated by liberals, progressives, leftists socialists and other crypto-Marxists.

 


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