Amy Coney Barrett

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Something a lot of folks don't understand about Catholicism is that beliefs within the whole of Catholicism are as diverse as they are within Protestantism.

That's an understatement! If you ever read the book about Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States, you will read of his family's involvement in the Opus Dei movement of the Catholic church. The name of the book slips my mind but I'm sure you can find it on Amazon.

Opus Dei is a controversial orthodox form of Catholocism. It shares the doctrines of the Catholic Church and has "no other teaching than the teaching of the Magisterium of the Holy See", as per the founder, Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer.

Criticism of Opus Dei has centered on allegations of secretiveness, controversial and aggressive recruiting methods, strict rules governing members, elitism and misogyny, and support of or participation in authoritarian or right-wing governments. Critics allege that Opus Dei maintains an extremely high degree of control over its members—for instance, requiring numeraries to submit their incoming and outgoing mail to their superiors for inspection, and members are forbidden to read certain books without permission from their superiors. Critics charge that Opus Dei pressures numeraries to sever contact with non-members, including their own families.

Opus Dei received international attention due to the novel The Da Vinci Code and its film version of 2006.

While Robert Hanssen was active in Opus Dei, attended mass daily and recruited members for the organization, he regularly frequented strip clubs, shared recordings of he and his wife having sex and had a relationship with a stripper for whom he purchaed jewelry and a Mercedes Benz.

[AnchorAlum]

She's already angered some conservative hard liners over a vote about an Illinois voting issue.

[APhi2KD]

Should the committee interview her or her husband?

[TXDG]

And many Rhodes alumni - including her roommate and many sorority sisters who know her well - are speaking out against her nomination.


“There are people who are literally friends, sorority sisters, close friends and even a roommate,” Marus said.

The letter says the undersigned don’t think Barrett’s past comments about subjects like the Affordable Care Act, abortion and immigration meet the school’s principles of “truth, loyalty and service.”



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[carnation]

Originally Posted by TXDG

And many Rhodes alumni - including her roommate and many sorority sisters who know her well - are speaking out against her nomination.


“There are people who are literally friends, sorority sisters, close friends and even a roommate,” Marus said.

The letter says the undersigned don’t think Barrett’s past comments about subjects like the Affordable Care Act, abortion and immigration meet the school’s principles of “truth, loyalty and service.”

Whether you felt that she conforms to her sorority's values would definitely depend on not only your political leanings but also your definition of those values. I know a bunch of KDs who are 100% behind her nomination.

[TXDG]

Originally Posted by carnation

Whether you felt that she conforms to her sorority's values would definitely depend on not only your political leanings but also your definition of those values. I know a bunch of KDs who are 100% behind her nomination.

I thought it was more telling that many of her own FRIENDS from college don’t think that she meets the Rhodes College values of “truth, loyalty and service.” I have a lot of friends who were her contemporaries at Rhodes in the 1990’s and they are appalled at her nomination.

I’m sure many KD’s support ABC especially with KD being so strong in the Deep South. But the Rhodes KD alumni largely do not support her nomination. And they are the ones who’ve known her for 25 years...

[33girl]

Then why didn’t they terminate her ass if she was so awful? It makes them look just as bad as her.

[Shellfish]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Then why didn’t they terminate her ass if she was so awful? It makes them look just as bad as her.

A person's political views wouldn't be grounds for expulsion.

[AnchorAlum]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Then why didn’t they terminate her ass if she was so awful? It makes them look just as bad as her.

I agree with you. And they're her "friends"? I have some sisters I've seen on FB whose views I don't espouse at all, but I wouldn't speak ill of them.

[Titchou]

I have a friend who is a KD alum from Rhodes who.is appalled at her nomination.

[Cheerio]

At which law schools did the other eight justices study?

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[ForrestGrump]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

At which law schools did the other eight justices study?

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Four at Harvard (Roberts, Kagan, Gorsuch and Breyer) and four at Yale (Alito, Kavanaugh, Sotomayor and Thomas)

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

At which law schools did the other eight justices study?

[Google is not cooperating w/me today]

Originally Posted by ForrestGrump

Four at Harvard (Roberts, Kagan, Gorsuch and Breyer) and four at Yale (Alito, Kavanaugh, Sotomayor and Thomas)

So then, is one of President Trump's reasons for choosing the ND Law Grad he didn't want to break that 4 from Yale/4 from Harvard tie?

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

So then, is one of President Trump's reasons for choosing the ND Law Grad he didn't want to break that 4 from Yale/4 from Harvard tie?

hilarious!

[Iota_JWH]

Rhodes has a very lovely campus and the sororities have little chapter "houses" that actually do not house anyone. (I think the term is Lodge.)

I find it interesting that another extremely conservative female Republican, Sen. Kelly Loeffler of North Carolina is also a KD.