I just heard my colleague, Senator Coons, make a reference to an old case, the Griswold case, which I can only assume is another hit at Judge Barretts religious faith, referring to Catholic doctrinal beliefs, Hawley said. I dont know what else it could be since no one has challenged this case. Its not a live issue and has not been for decades Clearly this was a senator looking for a fight.

Hawley also referenced the much-quoted comment by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., at Barretts 2017 confirmation to a U.S. appeals panel that the dogma lives loudly within you. He accused her of using the very terminology of anti-Catholic bigotry current in this country a century ago.

Hawley, an evangelical Christian, may have been justifiably incensed by the Feinstein comment, but no one at the first day of the confirmation hearings had referenced those ill-advised comments or the religious faith of the Supreme Court nominee until Hawley leapt in with claws out. He was clearly planning on a First Amendment clash about the free exercise of religion.

This is not the 1960s, and people of faith should not be picking fights where no punches have been thrown. The Supreme Court has been packed in evangelicals favor, but the moral decline in public and political discourse has been stark. The rhetoric of President Donald Trump deserves some of the blame. He has been a man on the prowl for scapegoats and imaginary enemies during his entire tenure.

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