To put things in context, Bell followed that quote up by
expressing his disappointment when communities of
faith discourage people from asking
questions about religious texts or beliefs.
7th US Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor, was
questioned intensely
about her Catholic
faith as a result of past writings
expressing her beliefs on whether Catholic judges should recuse themselves from death - penalty cases if they believed they would be unable to impartially uphold the law, writing that — in limited situations — judges should step back in cases that conflict with their personal conscience.