The Cellar - View Single Post - Proving God by Consensus: My Problem with the Religious Right

Lamplighter · 12-22-2011, 09:49 AM

I realize my post here is not PC, and I feel very uncomfortable with it. So I do apologize.
But to assume it is the religious extremes that are controlling politics may be an overstatement.

Here is a pie chart of the religions in the US:
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There are currently 9 sitting members of the US Supreme Court
Here are the religious affiliations of those US Justices
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Jewish
Jewish
Jewish

Does this non-proportional representation have an effect ?
I suspect it does, but in more subtle ways.

12-22-2011, 09:49 AM	#9
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	I realize my post here is not PC, and I feel very uncomfortable with it. So I do apologize. But to assume it is the religious extremes that are controlling politics may be an overstatement. Here is a pie chart of the religions in the US: [ATTACH][/ATTACH] There are currently 9 sitting members of the US Supreme Court Here are the religious affiliations of those US Justices Catholic Catholic Catholic Catholic Catholic Catholic Jewish Jewish Jewish Does this non-proportional representation have an effect ? I suspect it does, but in more subtle ways. Last edited by Lamplighter; 12-22-2011 at 10:06 AM.