The largest branch of North American Judaism has voted to opppose the Bush effort to swing the High Court yet further to the right. The group's 2000 plus delegates voted on Sunday to oppose the nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Alito has gone on record with the statement: "[T]he Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."
Samuel A. Alito Jr is so steeped in patriarchal values that "he voted to uphold a Pennsylvania law that required a woman to notify her husband before an abortion."
"The Union for Reform Judaism represents about 900 synagogues in North America with an estimated membership of 1.5 million. Of the three major streams of U.S. Judaism - Orthodox and Conservative are the others - it is the only one that sanctions gay ordination and supports civil marriage for same-gender couples.
The Senate Judiciary Committee plans confirmation hearings on Alito's nomination in January."
According to the Resolution Opposing the Nomination of Judge Samuel Alito Jr:
Judge Alito’s elevation to the Supreme Court “would threaten protection of the most fundamental rights which our Movement supports including, but not limited to, reproductive freedom, the separation between church and state, protection of civil rights and civil liberties, and protection of the environment;...”
See: The Union for Reform Judaism website
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