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Should Catholic justices recuse selves on certain cases?

By Alliance Defense Fund

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Tallahassee Democrat: "But because of the Catholic Church's active opposition to abortion, same-sex marriage and capital punishment, it raises serious questions about the freedom of Catholic justices to judge these issues. Perhaps the time has come to ask them to recuse themselves when cases come before their court on which their church has taken positions binding on its communicants."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).

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