The US has an identity crisis rooted in way too much religion

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28. Catholics are a major force in the movement that took away my bodily autonomy.

Catholic priests routinely preach from the pulpit that people should vote against laws that improve the lots of women and LGBTQ people. Their preaching has an effect on their congregations, and that makes them a group that has a very, very negative effect on all of our lives.

So when you say, "of course they don't affect the lives of the rest of us" I have to disagree strongly.

I am saying that as a person raised Catholic who went to 16 years of Catholic schools. Being raised Catholic includes a host of other problems because it made us prey for pedophiles who had power over us, but that is a different discussion.