The anti-Catholic Catholics
By Phil Lawler ( bio - articles - email ) | Jul 07, 2004
Today Leon Holmes won Senate confirmation for a federal judicial spot, after a long, tough battle.
The argument against Holmes was, essentially, that he's a believing Catholic.
Among the lawmakers who accepted that argument, and voted against the nomination of a Catholic jurist, where Senators Biden, Daschle, Dodd, Durbin, Harkin, Kennedy, Leahy, Mikulski, and Murray. (Kerry was absent.) All of them identify themselves as Catholics.
Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.
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