Amy Sullivan at Political Animal:

According to Chuck Grassley's hometown paper, the Des Moines Register, a national group of Christian lawyers is broadcasting its opposition to the bill on religious grounds: "As Christian attorneys, we strongly believe that it was never God's intention to create a society where indebtedness was a crime or a badge of dishonor."

Grassley, however, is having none of it. "I can't listen to Christian lawyers because I would be imposing the Bible on a diverse population," Grassley told the paper. Ah, yes, there would be that vaunted Republican support for the separation of church and state.