[acapesket]

Roman Catholics in this state are the most consistently pro death, liberal Democrats of any left wingers of their demographic. The Catholic Dem’s hypocrisy is exceeded only by the elitist socialist dweebs who infest the university teaching ranks.
The sickest thing is that both groups have been co-opted by the evil Gay lobby, all in the name of diversity, of course and have joined together to force their twisted agendas on public school students.

[livius]

That’s why I was so impressed by Cdl O’Malley. Boston is Dem Central, and always has been (among the Irish, at any rate), and this is definitely gutsy on O’Malley’s part.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

The long-gone GOP stronghold in Massachusetts consisted of the old guard Yankees and the blue-bloods---Protestants---who despised Roman Catholics to their very core. It's no surprise that the Irish, the Italians, the French, and even the Germans found their way to the more populist Democratic party.

And old habits and prejudices die hard. That's why, despite the seizure of the Democratic party by the leftists in the 1960s, many Roman Catholics remain Democrats, at least in name. But I know many Democrats in the Commonwealth who are just as conservative as a southern Republican when it comes to social issues.