Accepting Awards From the Scientology Lobby Ought To Be A Career-Limiting Move

What would possess Judge Greer - a man already under suspicion on several fronts - to accept an award from the Scientology lobby? (Yes, it's for what a good job he's been doing on the Terri Schiavo case.) Or is his link to the cult completely baseless? (Exculpatory evidence is welcome, bashing the messenger is not.)