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Just sitting here pondering some other stuff, and all of a sudden I had one of those epiphany moments.

Judge Sotomayor is divorced, and she was raised Catholic.

Divorce is still, like contraception and abortion, considered a sin within the Catholic church.

I recall very vividly when JFK was running for President, and so many questions were raised about his loyalty to his church as opposed to his loyalty to the country.

There are already several Catholics serving on SCOTUS (five?) so this is not that big of an issue, until, that is, you consider:

Has the newly nominated SCOTUS candidate renounced her religious upbringing? This would bring up one set of considerations concerning her stances on issues which the church has very specific and dogmatic instructions and rules on.

Has the newly nominated SCOTUS candidate just lived as a failed Catholic, living within the bounds of the Church and able to participate in communion, but prohibited from remarrying by Church rules.

Or has she actually gone through the tribunal process and obtained a Church annulment.

Each scenario has implications that may be gross or even too subtle to define, but may have long lasting effects on our freedoms.

President Barack Obama tapped federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, . . .

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Well, folks, this should be interesting.