Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke proudly of her Jewish heritage this week to a group of women Jewish philanthropists, which is obviously what the group wanted to hear.
“I am a judge, born, raised and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs throughout the Jewish tradition,” she added. “I hope … in the years I continue to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, that I have the strength to fulfill that demand.”
In the larger world, however, it will be interesting to see how she votes on the display of the Ten Commandments on government property. Do the tablets violate the separation between “church and state” or are they a simple, secular extension of the Golden Rule? In this case, the Commandments precede the invention of church, anyway. It couldn’t hurt anyone to be informed of humanity’s ten basic rules when visiting any government institution. Certainly our leaders could use a reminder, too.
Yo, Yenta!
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The invention of which church? God is still mentioned in that top ten list. Where you have God you have religion. Then again they might have to reprint our money. I say we dont step on the toes of all the athiests and tree worshipers out there who pray to mother earth instead of God.
Well put, jostein. Slippery slope, for sure…
I hate to break from my normal discourse, but after seeing her naked in John Stewart’s new book, I have decided, after much deliberation, that I would not do her.
lastone … i’m glad that some deliberation took place on your part. Dont underestimate the power of self-committees.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/10/21/wal.mart.no.nudes.ap/index.html
Walmart doesnt want nude pics of the Judges in their stores, thats the link to the story.
Maybe they would accept the book if the judges looked better naked…