It ain't the religious right...

...but it sure sounds like the right religion.

Jesse Taylor at Pandagon weighs in on the Republican claims that Democrats are anti-Catholic due to their holding up of rabidly anti-abortion judicial nominees:

Here's a question: suppose I believed that all Jews should be killed. It would, of course, be a prescient question to ask whether or not I could do a given job if I came into contact with anyone of Jewish descent. What Novak and Republicans are arguing is that I should be given a pass on things like this if I can reasonably claim it's a "religious belief." Their convenient reading of the first Amendment declares that "freedom of religion" supercedes the other freedoms and rights held by the American people, betraying that old axiom that the right to swing your fist ends at the other man's nose.

My religion states that all rich people should give their money to me. It also says that all attractive women between the ages of 18 and 30 should oil themselves up and dance for me. What, are you going to discriminate against me based on my religion?

Exactly. And please direct me to the application forms for your seminary, Reverend Taylor, because I am so there.