"George Bush dedicated a cultural center in D.C. to Pope John Paul 11. He said, The best way to honor Pope John Paul 11, is to take his teachings seriously, to listen to his words and teachings and put his words into action here in America." Reuters News Service, March 22, 2001.

Now I ask you again since we all agree that there is a separation between church and state.

Why does Catholicism have the Majority of seats on the Supreme Court?

Umm the US is not a country based on any religion. That is a right wing fairy tale believed by people who failed high school history.

Catholics are Christians.

Catholicism is a denomination of Christianity. I think the idea of a whole nation being founded on "Judeo Christian values" is a rather one-eyed view of history.

For the religious people that believe they know better than Cornell law school!

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/separation_of_church_and_state

Catholics are Christians. Although I think they've, for quite a while, been more about business than Jesus.

"The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy." ~ George Washington

"Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law." ~ Thomas Jefferson

"Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in laity; in both, superstition, bigotry, and persecution." ~ James Madison

"The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries." ~ James Madison

"The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason." ~ Benjamin Franklin

"Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth." ~ Thomas Jefferson

They are exceptional jurists. You have something against Catholics?

can we leave the Supreme court alone...the fight was for race, they have 2 black judges. then the fight over conservatism...it just never ends. and now they are after Clarence Thomas AGAIN.

The adjective 'catholic' with a small 'c' describes the Christian religion generally (it simply means something like all-embracing or all-including), but if you mean the Roman Catholic Church then that is of course as Christian as Anglican, Methodism, Baptism, Lutherism or any other major sect of that religion.

Many of the original colonialists from Britain, Ireland and other European countries were escapees from religious persecution in bitterly sectarian times; but I am not sure if they were predominantly Roman Catholic or Protestant (the umbrella term for all other Christian sects together). Either way your country was founded on Judeao-Christianity, yes, but strove to respect all sects of both religions, including RC, Anglican and Lutherism.

If the majority of Christians in the Supreme Court are RC, then is that just coincidence, or is there some social aspect, not necessarily religious at all, that tends to encourage more Catholics than others to seek the positions?

Whatever the reason there, the statement in your question shows the Supreme Court is of majority-Christian membership. How the majority sect among them affects its decisions, if they allow that to happen at all, is another matter; but it is still mainly-Christian by numbers.

The country is deist at most.

"Alberto Rivera, ex-Jesuit, revealed information about them, was poisoned." - Jack Chick, The Prophet Alberto

Catholicism is a form of Christianity

FBI is honing in on Catholics as "domestic terrorists". FBI is despicable and needs to be disbanded. It does the work of the Democrats, who worship abortion; the Catholic church is about the biggest pro-life organization there is.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-sought-develop-sources-catholic-churches-internal-documents-show

"During this period in the seminary, following his 14th birthday in 1941, Ratzinger was enrolled in the Hitler Youth, as membership was legally required as of March 1939."

Early Life of Pope Benedict XVI - Wikipedia

So certain religions should be excluded on the court? Doesn't sound very "inclusive" or "equitable"

Try again - try harder

Being Catholic doesn’t mean lockstep ideology
Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett are both Catholic and mostly on the opposite sides of the issues presented to the court

just another example of the church of england and the pope sticking their noses in our business, so they can lecture us about sticking our noses in other people's business...

opposition to state religions and the churches involvement in politics with the backing of royal inbreds is the primary reason we came here to begin with...

maybe cause the country is really run by the italian mafia? idk just a guess lol

" Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change (of the sabbath to Sunday) was her act......, And the act is a MARK of her ecclesiastical power." Letter by H.J. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons

Why can liquor and other certain things not be sold on Sunday? Sunday is not the day of sabbath that I recognize.

True, a Separation was intended. So, I'll ask again. Why do Catholics make up the majority of the seats on the Supreme Court? We need Islam in there, Buddhists, Atheist, etc., everyone represented.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.

Leonard Leo and certain members of congress are responsible for the unfortunate makeup of the USSC.

I realize the term "Judeo-Christian" is well intentioned, but most of the time it is not actually accurate to lump together Judaism and Christianity. For sure in the case of the United States (I assume that is the nation you are talking about) us Jews really don't get any of the credit or blame for founding it.

I thought the Separation of State and Religion was one of your country's cornerstones. How can you ask this type of question?

"The Jesuits needed certain people in the Whitehouse to pass the Federal Reserve Act.", (Woodrow Wilson, Col. Edward Mandel House) (Thomas W. House), "Col. House was personal advisor to Woodrow Wilson and later to FDR."

"The Pope is the ruler of the world. All the Emperors, all the Kings, all the Princes, all the Presidents of the world are as these alter boys of mine." - " Priest Phelan, Western Watchman, June 27, 1912"

" Corporations controlled by the CFR and Jesuits n- Ford, Boeing, Pepsi, Heinz, Lockheed-Martin, Time Warner, and Chevron."

I have noticed that some will not disclose their beliefs, hmmm, something to hide maybe.

"Sunday is our MARK of authority.....,"
The Catholic Record, London, Ontario, Sept.1, 1923

"Sunday is our Mark of Authority...." (The Catholic Record, London, Ontario, Sept.1, 1923.) HMM

"The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ, hidden under a veil of flesh." - The Catholic Journal, July 1895

Really People?

HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
They are exceptional jurists. You have something against Catholics?

It goes a lot deeper than you are trying to portray. The Jesuits don't fool me,lol. Have you read the Extreme Oath?

BBarker I absolutely love this, you Catholics and Atheists are proving my point, I really don't have to say much else. lol, you are both of satan, kinda brothers and sisters.

I love it, now the fake Protestants are teaming up with the Catholics and Atheists,lol.

"Johnson (sometimes referred to as Bill Johnson) was the first openly gay minister to be ordained in a historic protestant denomination. He received his ordination through the United Church of Christ (UCC) on June 25, 1972 in San Carlos, California. Houston, Texas, U.S. "

Leviticus 20:13
"If a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination."

So, let me get this straight, someone that is an abomination to God, can become a minister in the Protestant cult?

"House wanted Karl Marx teachings in America."

And you wonder why the FBI is honing in. lol

Money talks

"Mein Kampf written by the Jesuit (controlled) Father (Bernhardt) Stempfle and signed by Hitler"

hmmmm

Does a wolf in sheeps clothing sound familiar? lol

Catholics can't even follow their own "Laws," your Pope, is not supposed to be a Jesuit, look at your current one. I bet I know more about Catholicism than a lot of Catholics,lol.

because it's obviously the superior sect

"Avro Manhattan - authority on the Roman Catholic Church, blames Vietnam on the Jesuits and the Papacy."

"House was a key Jesuit agent seeking to destroy the Constitution and to establish papal supremacy in America."

Now, if you'll excuse me for a bit while you come up with more childish insults, I have some running around to do. lol

I'm just getting started, slick.

LOL Don't tell the "Founding Fathers" that they were Jewish. Particularly the Theists among them. But one Catholic signed the Declaration of Independence, though no Jews signed.

You Catholics are good at insulting Christians, not so good at intellectual conversation. lol

Check this reply out. Where in the Bible does it condone burning Christians at the stake. Is History going to repeat the Dark Ages where Catholics, not Christians, murderd millions of Christians for reading the Bible. This must be a true Catholic.

graphite · 61-69, M
FBI is honing in on Catholics as "domestic terrorists". FBI is despicable and needs to be disbanded. It does the work of the Democrats, who worship abortion; the Catholic church is about the biggest pro-life organization there is.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-sought-develop-sources-catholic-churches-internal-documents-show

1. That "founded on Judeo Christian values" is more a slogan of right wingers than anything historical.

2. Which Judeo-Christian values? Bicameral legislation? An independent judiciary? Protection of individual liberty? Burning witches? Passover? Shabbat?

3. How does one explain the prevalence of Deism amongst the Founders?

4. How does one explain anti-semitism of the same right wing?

5. Catholics are Christians, but faced discrimination by the Protestant majority until the latter half of the 20th century.

6. The United States was also not "founded on" slavery for that matter. Now I've pissed off both sides. 😀