Maine Council of Churches Opposes Kavanaugh Appointment

From Maine Public
By Jennifer Mitchell October 4, 2018

The Maine Council of Churches has come out against the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“To begin with, we felt that the temperament and incivility that Judge Kavanaugh displayed makes him unqualified to sit on the highest court in our land,” says Maine Council of Churches Executive Director, Reverend Jane Field.
Field says what seemed to be a lack of respect on the part of Kavanaugh toward members of the Judiciary Committee, coupled with evasive, and combative responses convinced the group that Kavanaugh’s appointment would be bad for a country that’s already showing deep division.
“This nomination has brought out the worst in us, not the best,” Field says. “So people of faith do have a dog in this fight, so to speak, to call our community to our better angels, to our higher angels.”
Field also says the process has also reopened deep wounds for survivors of sexual abuse, something she says the faith community has become acutely and “painfully” aware of.