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The anti-Catholicism that characterizes some fundamentalists is mind-boggling. I was amazed when I first discovered its existence, during the '96 campaign, when a number of people told me they would vote for Bob Dole over Pat Buchanan because Buchanan (unlike Dole, the future viagra salesman) wasn't a "Chrsitian." I'm no longer surprised by such ignorance, just appalled.

You speak as if there is no such thing as anti-Protestantism. Why, all the Catholics on this thread are kind, sweet, loving, and oh so holy. I am amazed that you don't see it on this very thread.

Predjudice is not a one way street my friend.

You were amazed in 1996 at signs of predjudice? I must be slightly older than you because I remember a Catholic being elected President precicesly because of the predjudice of Catholics. Are you shocked?

This is from a recent issue of USNews & World Report Magazine. It talks about religion moving in on politics.

U.S. News 8/21/00

Eisenhower and Kennedy were operating in an America where many Protestants, Catholics, and Jews regarded each other as threats to the public good. Stirring up such feelings was dangerous.

In 1960, 78 percent of Catholics voted for Kennedy and 63 percent of white Protestants for Richard Nixon. Lurking behind those numbers was much ugly anti-Catholic and anti-Protestant feeling.
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I'm sorry the article no longer seems to be avaible on line. If you wish I'd be glad to freep mail it to you.

Where do I speak as if there is no Catholic hostility to Protestants? I'm sure there is, but I don't see any evidence of it here. What I do see is the same, tired assortment of second-rate minds and third-rate pens attacking the beliefs of Catholics, and then acting shocked when Catholics fight back.

That is the pattern I've seen time and time again: a handful of fundamentalist zealots intent on trashing Catholicism. I've seen very few Catholics going on threads discussing Protestant issues intent on trashing Protestant beliefs.