Monday, September 18, 2017

Feinstein's 'Anti-Catholic Bigotry' Takes Center Stage

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BY: Bill McMorris
September 15, 2017 4:35 pm

Former Thomas clerk says Feinstein-Durbin questioning of Notre Dame law professor crossed the line


Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D., Calif.) attack on the faith of a Catholic judicial nominee has stoked opposition from conservative activists.

The Judicial Crisis Network has made a six-figure ad buy taking aim at Feinstein and Sen. Dick Durbin's (D., Ill.) questioning of Notre Dame law school professor Amy Barrett regarding her Catholic faith. The ad, which is called Catholics Need Not Apply, focuses on Durbin asking Barrett, a married mother of seven, if she considered herself an "orthodox Catholic" and Feinstein objecting to her nomination by saying, "the dogma lives loudly within you."

The JCN says both lines of questioning reflect anti-Catholic bigotry.

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