Catholics Now Tilt to the Republicans

[harumph]

18. I don't know if you can be an ex-Catholic per se,

I think the word is recovering. My liberal family stopped attending mass about 4 years ago and never looked back. Basically we are non-observant and if polled - and depending on the day - might or might not identify ourselves as cultural Catholics. Part of going to church is more than the dogma and ritual. it's about liking your fellow parishioners. When we saw that many of them were going coo-coo and had made common cause with the evangelicals, we promptly left. I suggested to my teenage son he read some philosophy and that organized religion, while historically interesting and worthy of comparative study, offers no answers to our pressing problems. Moreover, the messages of any real value (be kind - be generous - golden rule, etc.) have taken a back seat to politics.