Amy Coney Barrett is a unicorn to the left; To us, she's the
future
Friends,
In just four days, the full U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the
confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Judge
Barrett's confirmation would mark a sea change for conservative
women of faith: her nomination sent a clear message of support for
those who value their faith, family, and conservative values in
addition to their careers.
Today we were honored to have a piece published in The Christian Post
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, authored by four female members of the Family Policy Alliance team.
In it, we examine what the (hopeful) confirmation of Judge Barrett to
the Supreme Court signals for conservative women of faith. We've
shared the text of the article below - plus a bonus link
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where you can urge your Senators to confirm Judge Barrett
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!
Amy Coney Barrett is a unicorn to the left; To us, she's the
future
By Sonja Swiatkiewicz, Amanda Banks, Meridian Baldacci, Autumn Leva
To the Left, Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a unicorn - she's not
supposed to exist. A woman isn't supposed to achieve her dreams of
professional success without aborting children - let alone with
seven children. A person of faith isn't supposed to possess the
intellectual legal prowess to graduate summa cum laude from a
prestigious law school, become a judge on a federal appellate court,
or be nominated to the nation's highest court.
But to us, Judge Barrett is the future. All four of us are
professional women, working in the traditionally male-dominated fields
of law, policy, and politics. All four of us are women of deep faith.
Two of us have daughters. One of us is a fellow Hoosier. And we all
see our futures and our daughters' futures in Judge Barrett.
Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said it well in his opening comments
last week: "This is about you - all the young,
conservative women out there. This hearing to me is about a
place for you. I hope when this hearing is over, there will be a
place for you at the table, a spot for you at the Supreme
Court."
To be sure, none of us is claiming that we could one day achieve a
nomination to the Supreme Court, or that we are "generationally
brilliant," as Judge Barrett was described by her Notre Dame colleague
and as her confirmation hearings have already shown. But make no
mistake, Judge Barrett's nomination (and, we trust, confirmation)
marks a sea change for women - and for America.
For starters, abortion is no longer a "women's rights" issue -
not that it ever was. Insisting that women had to snuff out the life
within them in order to be successful -and labeling those who
didn't believe that as "anti-woman" - was always a bill of
goods.
Unlike Ranking Member Feinstein (D-CA), who called abortion a
woman's "fundamental right" and seemed to refer to
pregnancy as "a problem that all women see one way or another in
their life," we consider our ability to bear life a fundamental
privilege and view pregnancy as a miracle reserved for women.
As a mother of seven and a devout Catholic, Judge Barrett has a
personal life that indicates she not only agrees with us in theory
- but in practice as well.
While women of our generation have been told that we must choose
between having a family and succeeding professionally - and that
to choose family is the less important, less rewarding decision
- in Judge Barrett we see a woman who has done both and emulates
the dignity, joy, and paramount importance of bearing the title
"mom."
The future of religious freedom in America looks bright with a Judge
Barrett confirmation. She stands for the many women - and men
- of deep faith in our country, who wonder if there is still a
place for them in public life.
As Senator Josh Hawley reminded us, we live in a free country where
"there are no religious tests for office." Your faith
- our faith - give us guiding principles for our lives and
be an asset - not a hinderance - to our ability to assume
fulfilling, consequential roles.
Cultural and political changes, and even decisions from the Supreme
Court, have led many Americans to believe that the words "wall
of separation between church and state" exist in the
Constitution (they don't). And many believe that faith should be
something only expressed inside the four walls of your home and
church. Judge Barrett's confirmation would signal hope to
Americans of deep faith that they do not need to hide.
The future of the Constitution and the proper roles of our branches of
government look bright with a Judge Barrett confirmation. Many of the
serious threats America faces today to life, family, religious freedom
and more found their genesis in bad court decisions where judges or
justices attempted to legislate from the bench. Judge's
Barrett's confirmation is a beacon of hope that the tide is
turning back to the proper role of the judiciary - to apply the
law equally to all, and to interpret (not create) law as it was
intended to mean when written.
America's future looks bright indeed. Even the Left finds it
difficult to criticize the expertise and qualifications of Judge
Barrett. Liberal media outlets praised her for not using a single note
to answer question after question during her hearings, as she cited
court rulings, prior confirmation hearings and more. It gives America
reason to hope that we can still be respectful and united in affirming
a person's hard work, intelligence, and qualifications,
regardless of our ideological or religious agreement.
For the future of America, for us, and for our daughters, the Senate
should confirm Judge Barrett.
Please urge your Senators to vote to confirm Judge Barrett to the
United States Supreme Court! It takes just one minute at our Action
Center.
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For the Kingdom,
Autumn Leva, Amanda Banks, Meridian Baldacci & Sonja Swiatkiewicz
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