William Pryor Says Faith Helps His Role as Judge

(Hat tip: Steve Dillard at Southern Appeal)

From the University of Alabama's The Crimson White:

Bill Pryor doesn't think his deeply held Catholic beliefs have come into conflict with his role as an impartial judge.

His faith makes him a better judge on the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeal, the former Alabama attorney general said at the first Symposium on the Role of Religion in Public Life on Friday.

The conference, sponsored by the UA law group Harmonies of Liberty Society, sought to start public debates on campus about the role of religion in public life, communications committee co-chairwoman Jamie Hill said.

Pryor was nominated to the federal court in February 2004, but his confirmation was caught in a Senate filibuster until June 2005. Some Senate Democrats worried about whether Pryor's religious convictions would affect his ability to rule fairly on issues of abortion and gay rights.

Pryor said his faith gives him a moral duty to obey the law because he swore an oath before God to protect the Constitution. He considers his job "a form of prayer" because he "honors the Creator's gifts" with his work.

"Catholic judges are friends of the Constitution," he said.

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My Comments:
Praying for the day Judge Pryor sits on the U.S. Supreme Court.