6 Catholics - 3 Jews. Is religion important on the U.S. Supreme Court?

[trof]

Approximately one half of U.S. citizens claim to espouse a protestant religion, yet they have no advocate on the court.

Does this matter?
Discuss.

[Freddie]

1. Gorsuch is Episcopalian

Which is normally a liberal progressive church. Obviously none of it sank in from what I'm hearing.

[trof]

4. Maybe?

The religious life of Neil Gorsuch has been influenced by the Catholic Church and Episcopal Church.[92] Neil and his siblings, brother J.J. and sister Stephanie, were raised as Roman Catholics and attended weekly Mass. Neil Gorsuch later attended Georgetown Preparatory School, a Jesuit school in North Bethesda, Maryland, from which he graduated in 1985.[93][94][12]

[16] Gorsuch's wife, Louise, is British-born and the two met while Neil was studying at Oxford. When the couple returned to the United States they started attending an Episcopal parish in Vienna, Virginia. Gorsuch currently attends St. John's Episcopal Church in Boulder. If Gorsuch considers himself Protestant, his confirmation would make him the first Protestant to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court since the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens.[95]

[4][96] Gorsuch has not publicly stated if he considers himself a Catholic that attends a Protestant church, or if he has fully converted to Protestantism.[97] A family member of Neil Gorsuch's did state she was surprised by media reports calling him Episcopalian.[98]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch

[Igel]

2. Touchy topic.

Since religion and culture are connected, a consistent response must be "yes".

But Lutheran and Pentecostal are more distinct than you'd think unless you know them. Then there are the what, 2% muslims and other groups.

Get into quotas and we're screwed. Try for people who want to uphold the law as written-- they have their own culture.

[MindPilot]

3. 20% of Americans have no religion and zero representation in any branch of government.

So even though there are no protestants on the Supreme Court, they pretty much own everything else; religion is very well-represented in the government.

I would much prefer a Supreme Court that was not a religious advocacy organization.