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- Thanks to her new proximity to power, the dark murmurings over Barrett’s religious affiliations have been revived. Many critics are particularly incensed over her apparent membership in a Catholic-adjacent group called “People of Praise,”
- The Times story does not use the word cult, but it’s easy to see why some of its details alarmed many readers. People of Praise members are said to be accountable to a same-sex adviser, called a “head” for men and (until recently) a “handmaiden” for women, who gives input on a wide variety of personal decisions. They swear “a lifelong oath of loyalty” to the group. As one blogger put it, “Barrett is a dangerous religious extremist who believes a federal judge can subvert the U.S. Constitution and the laws of the United States in order to promote her own religious agenda.”
Reminds me of the group AA is based on and I'm no fan of these types of not-technically-a-cult movements based on putting up with Alcoholics Anonymous for far too long.
She’ll be the most attractive judge on the bench... and that’s why he’ll pick her... and that’s what he’ll brag about: “all of those stuffy old people... I thought it was about time we had a hottie behind the bench... so much better looking. The best choice. Alll of the best things with the choices. And then we have the best things.” You know.... I just let the auto-suggestion thing on my iPhone pick the words of the last sentence... and that’s the most Trump-like I’ve ever sounded. May be that’s what he does?
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