The NYT runs an article this morning on the faith of Harriet Miers. NYT Link. Nothing terribly surprising. As a young adult, she was "Catholic," but in reality what I call a "practical atheist": one whose faith has little or no bearing on how she behaves, even on Sunday mornings.
Ms. Miers sometimes attended Mass at St. Jude Chapel in downtown Dallas, but before embracing evangelical Protestantism, her experience with religion was lukewarm and her attendance sporadic, [current Texas Supreme Court] Justice Hecht said.
The fact that she's not Catholic could be good. Brennan was a Catholic, after all. The fact that she's an evangelical--apparently of the virulent kind--could be good. I'm guessing the NYT is a little nervous about it:
Some evangelical Protestants were heralding the possibility that one of their own would have a seat on the court after decades of complaining that their brand of Christianity met condescension and exclusion from the American establishment.
In an interview Tuesday on the televangelist Pat Robertson's "700 Club," Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the Christian conservative American Center for Law and Justice, said Ms. Miers would be the first evangelical Protestant on the court since the 1930's. "So this is a big opportunity for those of us who have a conviction, that share an evangelical faith in Christianity, to see someone with our positions put on the court," Mr. Sekulow said.
