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FakeNoose

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7. I know a lot of Catholics who vote D

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 04:27 PM

Apr 15

And they also go to church more often than I do.

(Spoken as a person who was raised Catholic, but not so much any more.) My point is that Catholic voters in the US are not a monolithic voting block, by any stretch. If anything most of the Catholics my age and younger are in favor of abortions being legal and safe to all women who need them, but maybe they themselves wouldn't get one.

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BREAKING: The U.S. bishops' Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching... [View all] demmiblue Apr 15 OP

Great, I love it. Now let's talk about women in the/your church. efhmc Apr 15 #1

yeah, ok. can we focus for just a minute on what the Catholic Church is in the present getting right? MadameButterfly Apr 15 #33

My bet is that they will never address this issue because they firmly believe we are less than men. Unless we are needed efhmc Thursday #47

LEt's talk about how Southern Baptists azureblue Thursday #56

Let's stay on topic! Grins Apr 15 #40

Can we avoid getting diverted from the topic at hand? summer_in_TX Thursday #48

Let's talk about women in the oval office first. ck4829 Thursday #55

This is crazy obamanut2012 Apr 15 #2

It's such an unfamiliar feeling. I'm really impressed with them. Scrivener7 Apr 15 #5

Pope Leo is a good guy MustLoveBeagles Apr 15 #10

For a Bears fan! BidenRocks Thursday #59

We're catholic too - just not with a capital C TommyT139 Apr 15 #25

The Pope is basing his tenet on azureblue Thursday #57

They'll still vote for Trump who is evil personified. Irish_Dem Apr 15 #3

I know a lot of Catholics who vote D FakeNoose Apr 15 #7

All the Catholics I know are staunch dyed in the wool MAGAs. Irish_Dem Apr 15 #20

Joe Biden is Catholic Bristlecone Apr 15 #37

Unfortunately I do not run in the same circles as Joe Biden and his pals. Irish_Dem Apr 15 #39

So is Martin Sheen xmas74 Apr 15 #45

You need to get out more. Grins Apr 15 #41

There were a lot of Catholics where I used to live. Irish_Dem Apr 15 #43

My family is full of Democratic Catholics Sympthsical Thursday #50

I feel you............... Lovie777 Thursday #52

That is also my experience mountain grammy Thursday #53

I recall some surveys I saw years ago . . . AverageOldGuy Apr 15 #21

The church may have forbade it radical noodle Thursday #58

I hope by "they" you're not speaking of Catholics whathehell Apr 15 #29

Poll from 3 years ago Wiz Imp Thursday #61

Wow. This would be wonderful. Irish_Dem Thursday #62

Not that I give a shit but Shady is malaise Apr 15 #4

Maybe that's the Couch Botherer's long game? VTderry Apr 15 #9

Love it malaise Apr 15 #16

Lol. But then again, B.See Apr 15 #35

"That's crazy. They would never do that." no longer applies for even the most outrageous possibilities. VTderry Friday #63

American Catholics are not a monolithic group, whathehell Apr 15 #30

PRECISELY B.See Apr 15 #36

Let's not put this on Catholics MadameButterfly Apr 15 #34

Good to see the U.S. Bishops start to wake up. themaguffin Apr 15 #6

Some claim this is a Christian Nation. multigraincracker Apr 15 #8

Sane Christians still believe in the separation of Church and State TommyT139 Apr 15 #26

Most of the signers of the Constitution multigraincracker Apr 15 #42

Let's not..Up until relatively recently whathehell Apr 15 #31

This of course must be explained to the sociopath in Chief. Passages Apr 15 #11

Accomplices to crime. Six "Catholicks" of note usonian Apr 15 #12

Two "Catholicks" of Greater note.. whathehell Apr 15 #38

Are the prediction markets taking any line on a Trump War with the Vatican? rurallib Apr 15 #13

JD seems to have bought in to the Nativist/Klanner Warpy Apr 15 #14

Good. I wish they had been a defender of Pope Francis Raven123 Apr 15 #15

It's not just Trump's attack on the Pope AverageOldGuy Apr 15 #17

ICE arrests in churches TommyT139 Apr 15 #27

I might not be a believer anymore LostOne4Ever Apr 15 #18

Trump doesn't engage in the concept of "just war". patphil Apr 15 #19

Well, trump is bigger than Jesus. C Moon Apr 15 #22

No, that was the Beatles... nt Another Jackalope Apr 15 #32

Excommunicate Jethro!! paleotn Apr 15 #23

Thank you, Bishops. spanone Apr 15 #24

Direct link to statement TommyT139 Apr 15 #28

Journalist Mike Barnicle had an interesting thought today during his time... 3catwoman3 Apr 15 #44

There might be some truth to that. Haggard Celine Thursday #49

Excommunicate the apostate! nt Xipe Totec Apr 15 #46

I did not have "pick a fight with Catholics" on my bingo card Sympthsical Thursday #51

K&R ck4829 Thursday #54

The Pope is a theologian - has been his whole life WyLoochka Thursday #60

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