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Only after reading about this did I realise that RBG was Catholic. There would have been a lot of familiarity of thought and philosophy in their backgrounds.
by emmelaich 6y ago
Only after reading about this did I realise that RBG was Catholic. There would have been a lot of familiarity of thought and philosophy in their backgrounds.
In some part, it makes it easier to disagree. Some of the arguments have been going on for centuries.
- slg 6y agoRBG was notably Jewish. I don't know where you got that she was Catholic. Scalia was Catholic if that is the cause of the confusion.
- aj7 6y agoReading what??
- IncRnd 6y agoOnly after reading about this did I realise that RBG was Catholic RBC was raised Jewish. Later, after her mother passed, she became non-observant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg#:~:text=Although%20Bader%20was%20raised%20in,the%20death%20of%20her%20mother https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg#:~:text=Al....
- emmelaich 6y agoThanks for the corrections all. I misread an article; her client was Catholic. https://time.com/5354490/ruth-bader-ginsburg-roe-v-wade/ https://time.com/5354490/ruth-bader-ginsburg-roe-v-wade/
- dang 6y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24523014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24523014.