Judge William Bootle, Cont.

Steve at Southern Appeal has posted on the funeral of Judge William Augustus Bootle, who ordered the University of Georgia to desegregate. He includes the text of Mercer University President Kirby Godsey's eulogy.

This excerpt from that eulogy stands out:

It reminds us that those who respect tradition needn't devolve into purveyors of traditionalism. As I noted in my earlier post on this matter, Judge Bootle possessed the strength of character needed to help overturn the seemingly immovable social system under which he was raised. And (not "yet) he supported the mission of the Federalist Society later in life. Those who understand that tradition, to be respected, must be wrestled with intellectually and morally will see no contradiction in the Judge's decisions. Or, put another way, they won't subscribe to the doctrine of the dormition of the Holy Spirit.