JFK was Catholic, and there was a similar stench to the process back then (particularly within the Dems). Unimaginable now.
Roll with it. It’s a fallen world, and we’re all ugly in some way. Romney is fine with me. We’re not a theocracy. By their deeds shall ye know them. Hang in there.
I have often wondered how much damage the San Patricios incident did to the Catholic population in the growing country. Thomas “stonewall” Jackson ultimately became a deeply convicted protestant, but he had the wherewithal to engage the priests in discussions about the differences when he was a young lieutenant serving in the artillery.