the supreme court is biased

I have a real beef with the U.S. Supreme Court, because every person currently appointed to it is a person who is not only religious but solely of the Abrahamic religions. Most of them are Christian (and predominantly Protestant at that), and now with the official addition of Kagan who is Jewish. I don't mean this blog as an attack on Christianity or Judaism, but rather, I think it begs the question: Where are all the Athiests, the Ignostics, the Taoists, Hindus or Buddhists?

I realize that these people aren't appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court with their religion listed as a major factor, as they are quite educated outside that, but it is an irrefutable fact that religion is a big deal and has extremely strong influence over millions of minds worldwide. Religion or at least superstition has been around pretty much forever. Superstition stems from fear of the unknown, and perhaps religion may have originally, as well, with everyone from mere barbarians to simple Chinese farmers to the Greeks worshipping gods of this and that, of the sky, the earth, the sun, etc. Its fair to say that religion can and in most cases does consume the minds of it's believers. It helps people to think one way, and rarely encourages thinking in another. It instills values and ideologies into people, usually from a young age, and it wholly shapes who they are, and the way they think and act.

The Supreme Court is precisely that: thinking, then acting. If the biggest issues our country faces has to be solved by those we appoint to be on the Supreme Court, then wouldn't we gain the best, most unbiased results from a collection of more diverse mindsets and backgrounds rather than from a group of people who despite whatever education they may have had still think the same in a core value kind of way?

I know America is still a young country, and is just starting to stretch out and embrace people of different religions, sexual orientations, genders, ages, etc. I know for the first part of America's existence we were heavily under the influence of Christianity from England. I know that not everyone from every religion cares about American politics, and that the odds of lining up and keeping a rainbow of Supreme Court judges aren't high, but I think more open-mindedness needs to be encouraged. We need to push tolerance and education, give every mind all the information it could want so that eventually the Supreme Court can be functioning how it really should.

- s.

something about that is fucking scary to me....