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In reply to the discussion: Can anyone point me to any actual persecution or mass discrimination of Catholics in the US today? [View all]Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)26. We're talking about two different things here.
You're talking about members of the Catholic Church, I'm talking about the Catholic Church itself. I'm happy the rank-and-file Catholics chose to do the right thing in Washington but that doesn't negate the fact that the RCC and the Fundy Christian Churches bankrolled Prop. H8 in California. They initiated and bankrolled hate and bigotry and I'm not going to forget that, particularly since that abomination is still in our state Constitution.
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Can anyone point me to any actual persecution or mass discrimination of Catholics in the US today? [View all]
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
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There is no persecution of or mass discrimination against Catholics in the US today
cthulu2016
Mar 2013
#4
Someone recently posted a list of "discriminated groups" that included both
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#5
In the 70s I would still occasionally hear stories about how the priests were having sex with
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#24
As Bill Maher said, the Catholic League is "one guy with a FAX machine".
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#13
Yeah...didn't people like not think Kenney was electable because he was Catholic?
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2013
#27
Indiana had the largest Klan organization of any state in the "Invisible Empire" era in the 20s,
struggle4progress
Mar 2013
#35
The question under consideration is: what fraction of Indiana is Southern Baptist?
struggle4progress
Mar 2013
#131
The KKK burned a cross in the field across from my maternal grandparents' farm house
amandabeech
Mar 2013
#202
Actually I don't know ANYONE in my age group who identifies as Catholic, so I don't think it matters
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#209
I hope that the booming churches are not actually personal fiefs of very conservative
amandabeech
Mar 2013
#210
F*wittedness and a*holery seem to afflict a certain portion of the entire population of the world,
struggle4progress
Mar 2013
#61
I used to frequent a restaurant that in the corner had a small hook in the corner.
gordianot
Mar 2013
#69
no, actually, fairly widespread anti-catholicism lasted long past the civil war.
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#25
I was born in the80s and never ONCE dealt with discrimination against Catholics
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#50
Why should anyone have to hide who or what they are in order to buy a house?
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#119
Would any Catholic running for President today have a problem because they are Catholic?
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#122
You could ask the same question about any oppressed group in this country who have fought
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#191
Why? Today, in 27 States it is legal to discriminate against LGBT people in housing.
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2013
#229
Restrictive covenants became uneforceable in the 1960s with enforcement of the original
amandabeech
Mar 2013
#214
In 27 States it is legal today to discriminate against LGBT in housing. Today.
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2013
#230
That would be 1968 vintage with the establishment of the Fair Housing Act.
Luminous Animal
Mar 2013
#228
" If you it asks you for religion on the application form you could simply lie or "decline to state"
hedgehog
Mar 2013
#164
Of course things have improved. I'm just wondering why the time means one couldn't lie on the form.
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#173
Since I converted myself WITHOUT any discrimination, I don't see that as an awful proposition
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#182
Probably really, really long depending on the degree of tolerance and acceptance
JDPriestly
Mar 2013
#160
I've read that the strong prejudice against the Irish, the French Cajuns, and the Polish
aint_no_life_nowhere
Mar 2013
#128
Yes. And think about the schism in Ireland between Protestants and Catholics,
JDPriestly
Mar 2013
#169
It comes down to something really, really, simple - called principle
The Straight Story
Mar 2013
#10
Is that needed in order to demonstrate civility toward DU'ers who are Catholic?
Behind the Aegis
Mar 2013
#15
Catholics were a key group SUPPORTING marriage equality in the state of Washington.
pnwmom
Mar 2013
#22
It's funny how much more recognition outsiders give to the self-appointed hierarchy
pnwmom
Mar 2013
#177
Feminists, try to find a Christian church that does NOT have an all-male Trinity.
Manifestor_of_Light
Mar 2013
#212
Let's imagine all Catholic undocumented immigrants in the US converted to Protestant
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#125
Actually many Hispanics are converting to Protestantism so it's not that absurd
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#142
After the Catholic Church whined about how birth control was religious persecution, they
geek tragedy
Mar 2013
#51
Our neighbor forbade their daughter playing with my sister in elementary school.
ieoeja
Mar 2013
#56
Which Republican won most Religious Right Bible Belt voters for the GOP nomination?
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#58
If you define the relevant time period as not "before the 90s" then you probably won't find a lot
onenote
Mar 2013
#65
My parents were married in 1981. My father's side of the family had no one who had any problems
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#71
My Catholic niece married a fundie two years ago. Her family was furious. Mine couldn't care less.
ieoeja
Mar 2013
#73
Would fundies be OK with them marrying a liberal Lutheran like my father's side of the family?
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#75
I believe mainstream protestants view Lutherans as Catholic-Lite. So, yes, they would not like it.
ieoeja
Mar 2013
#94
Offhand, the only one I can think of is Mel Gibson, and I'm not sure if he's considered
Zorra
Mar 2013
#89
Piss Christ is neither great art, nor something worth getting worked up over
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#123
You have the facts straight from Rudy G, not from reality. The work of religious art you speak of is
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2013
#231
It's easier to point out discrimination the church has committed over the millenia.
Apophis
Mar 2013
#93
Well, there is always prejudice against various groups (Catholics, women, gays, blacks, on and on)
Arugula Latte
Mar 2013
#132
Ask the unitarians in Knoxville about being killed in church by a nut.
Manifestor_of_Light
Mar 2013
#213
When my parents got married, no one on my father's side of the family objected
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#135
How nice for you. And, as a matter of fact, they blame him for me being a Democrat.
DevonRex
Mar 2013
#145
Some Catholics in this country vote for Democrats and liberal ideals. It's about 50/50.
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#148
My point is simply that fundies don't like liberal Protestants any more than Catholics
nadinbrzezinski
Mar 2013
#220
The way I see it is the persecution is on the leadership for continuing the old ways
LiberalFighter
Mar 2013
#133
It's more of a response to the claim that what we see on DU is some type of modern day Know Nothing
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#146
It's why though I encourage people to leave. I basically got my mom to convert.
ButterflyBlood
Mar 2013
#150
It is none of your fucking business to "encourage people to leave" any religion.
DevonRex
Mar 2013
#165
So? Missouri Synod is still Lutheran. You said nothing to contradict me.
Manifestor_of_Light
Mar 2013
#241