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FakeNoose

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21. Not all Catholics are anti-choice (or anti-women)

Wed Feb 3, 2021, 01:46 PM

Feb 2021

... especially here in the US, Catholics aren't a monolithic voting bloc that some people seem to think. In the 50s and early 60s, it would have been possible to predict "Catholic" attitudes towards birth control, divorce, pre-marital sex, extra-marital sex, abortion, etc. - but times have changed. Opinions have become nuanced, voting blocs have been fractured.

A person's political views and voting tendencies can no longer be predicted by their religion (or lack thereof), especially when it comes to American Catholics. Many of today's Catholics were raised in that faith, but as adults we barely consider ourselves as part of the church any more. (I put myself in that category, as do many of my friends.)

Just sayin'

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Catholics control every branch of the government. [View all] Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 OP

Hahaha, America! BarackTheVote Feb 2021 #1

With your stimulus check you'll receive the host! FSogol Feb 2021 #5

Henceforth, the national anthem shall be BarackTheVote Feb 2021 #15

Every Sperm in Sacred AnnieBW Feb 2021 #43

Catholics have been the majority on the Supreme Court since 2006. dalton99a Feb 2021 #2

Fascinating ... and true. Laelth Feb 2021 #3

I think we are better off with Catholics in every branch than evangelical Southern Baptists. LiberalArkie Feb 2021 #4

+1. Many U.S. Catholics don't go to church dalton99a Feb 2021 #11

Lots of kooky priests at seminaries brainwashing priests-to-be to go back to latin masses. LW1977 Feb 2021 #16

I totally missed when they switched to "and with your spirit" IronLionZion Feb 2021 #29

Evidently it took 40 years for someone to catch the mistranslation dalton99a Feb 2021 #41

Leahy doesn't run the senate dsc Feb 2021 #6

True Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #18

It's just all the graduates of Catholic boys' schools on the Supreme Court that I object to. Walleye Feb 2021 #7

the Irish and Italians have taken over? stillcool Feb 2021 #8

Jill Biden first Italian American in the White House! Drahthaardogs Feb 2021 #9

I thought JFK was Irish American Catholic? LiberalArkie Feb 2021 #17

Jill is Italian LeftInTX Feb 2021 #24

Interesting! StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #10

With one notable exception PCIntern Feb 2021 #12

Why do I keep thinking about the end of History Of The World Part 1.. LW1977 Feb 2021 #20

LOL and my favorite from the film: PCIntern Feb 2021 #22

Catholics are not as monolithic BootinUp Feb 2021 #13

And all three of the President's children married into PCIntern Feb 2021 #14

More holidays to celebrate. LiberalArkie Feb 2021 #19

Not all Catholics are anti-choice (or anti-women) FakeNoose Feb 2021 #21

I am very much a practicing Catholic BarackTheVote Feb 2021 #23

People who don't know will probably make assumptions FakeNoose Feb 2021 #27

So Judge not less etc. etc.? N/T flotsam Feb 2021 #45

Catholics don't suffer from one-think. Baitball Blogger Feb 2021 #25

I tried to make the same point but BootinUp Feb 2021 #46

What you mean is BainsBane Feb 2021 #26

It's just an observation Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #37

We are a shadowy cabal of cannibals, but we don't have fancy space lasers though IronLionZion Feb 2021 #28

Just an observation... MineralMan Feb 2021 #30

And Majority Leader Schumer is the first Jewish leader of elther Roisin Ni Fiachra Feb 2021 #31

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Harris and Schumer yes Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #36

Chuck Schumer is not Catholic... brooklynite Feb 2021 #33

Ok that makes more sense Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #34

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