Federal Judge Richard Posner Talks Catholics, Popes, Homosexuals, Condoms and Sex Abuse

Brilliant Legal (among other things) mind Federal Judge Richard Posner has decided to give his two cents on the Pope, Catholicism, Condoms, the Papal teaching office, and Clergy Sex abuse on his blog.

American Spectator has the links and a ton of thoughts here at Someone Give Richard Posner a Copy of the Catechism

His blog post shows us the truth that while a person can be very very very very smart that does not mean they are not clueless on some things.

The Spectator shows the main problem:
Posner's not a canonical lawyer, and his blog post is not supposed to be a rigorous, formal argument. But consider Posner's prominence as a judge, professor, and public intellectual. I wonder how he would react if, for instance, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York took to amateur law criticism on his personal blog, and in doing so wrote about constitutional law without referencing the Constitution, criticized a Supreme Court decision without reading any of the relevant briefs or arguments, or falsely ascribed an opinion to a judge -- while making glaring factual errors along the way. I think it would be fair in that case for Posner to wonder about Archbishop Dolan's competency -- not just as a legal theorist, but also as a bishop.

Exactly!! In fact I was blown away by this observation from the Judge:

Concern with the loss of religious authority may explain another peculiar feature (to an outsider, at least) of Catholic doctrine, which is the ban on priests’ marrying and on women becoming priests. The problem of priests’ sexually molesting boys would be solved if priests were allowed to marry and if women could be priests, because then the priesthood would attract fewer homosexuals. The current shortage of priests and nuns (a shortage due in part to the reduction in the average size of Catholic families—a reduction that in turn is due in part to contraception) would also be greatly alleviated if priests could marry and women could become priests. But the solution would represent such a dramatic reversal of age-old Catholic doctrine as to undermine any pretense of papal infallibility.

What? I mean What the Hell your Honor?
I mean has he not noted that there is a ton and i mean a ton of sexual abuse among Protestant clergy that marry?

Anyway read the whole think.