Anti-Catholicism Chic

Over the years, I've had my run-ins with discrimination against Catholics from other Christians (who have misconceptions about what we believe about Mary, the saints, the pope, the Eucharist, and other things). But in politics, it's amazing how obvious the Left will be sometimes. Consider Ed Whelan's pointing out that Nina Totenberg identifies Judge J. Michelle Childs's Catholicism as a possible disqualification for her Supreme Court nomination, because she'd be the seventh Catholic on the Court. Totenberg counts Sonia Sotomayor, who has described herself as "lapsed," and feels the need to point out that Neil Gorsuch was raised Catholic, even though he's Episcopalian now. I'm not insisting on a Catholic bloc on the Court, just qualified judges. And your religious faith should not be disqualifying.