Ethics

Meet the Candidate: Minnesota Supreme Court Justice

By Ed Brayton

The Minnesota Independent, a sister site to the Michigan Messenger, has an article about Tim Tinglestad, who is running for the Minnesota Supreme Court. Tingelstad's website really has to be seen to be believed. This guy is a serious culture warrior for the religious right, spouting all kinds of nonsense on church and state and on the nature of justice itself. He pledges, for example, to bring the "truth and light" of "God's word" to the courts:

God's Word is the Light of Truth. As God's Word has been removed from our public lives, the resulting darkness has led to our present social disorder and political divisions. The correction of these problems will only begin when the Light of Truth is returned to our land's highest hills, the Supreme Courts. Until our highest courts return to an acknowledgment of the existence of God and His Truth, the people will continue to walk in the confusion of darkness.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on October 16, 2008 (boomark / email).