Rosie on Catholic Justices: 'How About Separation of Church and Stat
http://newsbusters.org/node/12157
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Posted by Justin McCarthy on April 19, 2007 - 14:37.
On April 19, the ladies of "The View" offered their analysis of the
Gonzales v. Carhart decision upholding a federal partial birth
abortion ban. Most of the segment was a back and forth between Rosie
O'Donnell, who clearly opposed the decision and Elisabeth Hasselbeck,
who supported it. Joy Behar and Barbara Walters chimed in occasionally
with Behar clearly in the abortion rights camp and Barbara Walters
mildly there. Video: Real (1.4 MB) or Windows (1.6 MB); plus MP3 (256 KB)
Rosie expressed horror that there are five Catholics on the Supreme
Court and Catholics on the Court apparently violate the "separation of
church and state"
O'DONNELL: You know what concerns me? How many Supreme Court
judges are Catholic, Barbara?
WALTERS: Five.
O'DONNELL: Five. How about separation of church and state in America?
WALTERS: Every one of them, when they were going through their
Senate confirmation hearings said the fact of my religion does not
mean that I will vote a particular way because of my religion. So we
cannot say that they did it because they're Catholic. It is
interesting that they're Catholic.
Through the course of the segment, Rosie repeatedly emphasized that
partial birth abortions only represent a very small percentage of
abortions annually. Elisabeth reminded her that, that is still 2,000
lives lost each year.
Rosie repeatedly played up fears that this is "a way to get in to
start eroding Roe v Wade," and it's "as if the women's movement never
happened." She even quoted Gloria Steinem line, "if men can get
pregnant abortion would be a scarament." Rosie also provided this
factually flawed analysis.
"The difference is, you know, we are half the population and there
was a women's movement and, you know, feminism really was the reason
that this bill, women's reproductive rights ever came into the
forefront and was entered and was Constitutionally upheld since `73."
Roe v. Wade did not uphold any law. In fact, it struck down a Texas
law prohibiting abortion. The entire transcript is below.
ROSIE O'DONNELL: Speaking back to where we started also Supreme
Court came down and the first time since 1973 with a partial abortion ban.
BARBARA WALTERS: Five to four.
O'DONNELL: Five to four was the Supreme Court vote. Now it's
shocking to me. This is the first time since 1973. Everyone agrees
partial birth abortion is horrific. It's horrific for anyone who has
to decide it. 1.3 million abortions done in America every year, 2,000
partial birth abortions. What is that? Zero [pause] .1 percent, 0.1.
This is just a way--
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Historical Reality SepChurch&State
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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