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HAB911

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Fri Oct 7, 2016, 07:24 AM Oct 2016

Black robes at the Red Mass

the undesirable religiosity of Supreme Court justices

“Red Mass” sounds like an unfortunate medical condition. Sadly, it’s worse. Red mass is a condition that plagues our body politic (or judicial).

Every year on the Sunday before the start of the Supreme Court term, some of the highest judges in our land attend a Catholic mass. The purpose of the mass is to ask for God’s guidance for the Supreme Court justices and others who work in the law.

Read all about it:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/freethoughtnow/black-robes-at-the-red-mass-the-undesirable-religiosity-of-supreme-court-justices/

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