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January 23, 2007

Cathy Young wraps up 3/5 of a decade of society and scandals in her final column for the Boston Globe.

Comments

|1.23.07 @ 7:37AM|#

"We now hear that to criticize a judicial nominee's faith-based opposition to abortion is "religious bigotry,..."

Not quite. It is more when a judicial nominee's affirmation of his religion's doctrine that abortion is immoral is argued to be a disqualification for office. It amounts to a religious test for officeholders that is unconstitutional itself.

Pi Guy|1.23.07 @ 10:21AM|#

@MJ:

I'll buy that when one potential elected or appointed politician finally stands up and says "I'm an atheist" and still manages to get the job. If there's a religious litmus test, it's clearly favors those who, at least espouse, belief.

My impression is that nothing brings more people to Jesus than running an election campaign.

Pi Guy|1.23.07 @ 10:21AM|#

remove commas around apositive; grammar better

Harry|1.23.07 @ 11:23AM|#

Cathy's departure will reduce the already low level of ideological diversity on the Boston Globe Op Ed page. When the Globe was forced to lay off a columnist, they discarded 1 of their 2 non-liberals.