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Personally, I continue to believe that it's Occam's Razor. The GOP has used religion and religious values as a veil for their lust for money and power. The Koch brothers recognized that control of the courts was key to reshaping America for kleptocracy. Barrett is a logical extension of this 40-year assault on democracy. Her religious beliefs allow her to pursue anti-democratic legislation without acknowledging the unfathomable suffering her decisions will unleash. For whatever psychological reasons, humanity seems to rebel only when we have hit the proverbial 'bottom'. For the 2nd time in its history, the US has hit bottom. Unless there is a movement that continues far beyond 2020, this won't be the last time this country falls into the abyss. Even if Biden wins and the Senate flips and we survive a post-election implosion by Trump and the GOP, will Biden rebalance the Court? Will the sane majority continue to push to rebalance the district and appellate courts? Will there be scrutiny and accountability in state and local courts? If people don't continue to advocate for a fair and just government on a continual basis, then we are headed into ever-more dangerous times, as the impact of global warming explodes in the next 5 years.

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I didn't know your faith identity is UU. Mine too. I was raised Catholic and had the financial and spiritual support of my priest when I had my first abortion at age 17. Unitarian Universalism is full of people who grew up Catholic but couldn't abide the misogyny and homophobia. In recent years the Church has gone down the anti-science road, too. My current obsession is whether Catholic hospitals are consistently anti-abortion to the extent that they do not allow treatment with Regeneron.

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