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BarackTheVote

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23. I am very much a practicing Catholic

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #21)

Wed Feb 3, 2021, 01:49 PM

Feb 2021

and very much a progressive. To me, the most important moral teachings are the beatitudes and the golden rule. And ain’t no Republican legislating based on the beatitudes, I can tell you that!

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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

I'd think that Harris, Schumer, and McConnell all outrank Leahy in "control" of the Senate Klaralven Feb 2021 #32

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

This message was self-deleted by its author Roisin Ni Fiachra Feb 2021 #40

Wow! Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2021 #35

The Speaker does not "control" the House FBaggins Feb 2021 #38

Whatever happened to separation of....nevermind n/t leftstreet Feb 2021 #39

It's nowhere in the constitution IronLionZion Feb 2021 #44

Tom Lehrer Comments NotANeocon Feb 2021 #42