Juding From Faith

Over the weekend, my brother accused me of anti-religious bias in a discussion of gay adoption in Florida. I tried to convince him that I have no problem with "people of faith" in general, only when they seek to enshrine their dogma in law. The GOP is making the related argument in the judicial filibuster brouhaha, arguing that Dubya's judicial candidates who are being held up by the Democrats are being targeted because of their religion. As this column from American Prospect Online points out, that's just not the case. Religious people are perfectly free to be religious and act on their convictions. But judges, in particular, are bound to uphold the law, not their personal religious dogma. Those nominees that don't grasp that concept should rightfully be kept off the bench.