[T Minus Four]

...she has attended and paid dues at St. Mary's since January after a long absence from the church. "I feel called to respond to my parish and the local parish school because of my developed Catholicism,"

Trust me, this translates into a reaction at seeing the difference between tuition for Catholic and non-Catholic students, probably in the neighborhood of one to three grand per year. Plus many parishes subsidize the Catholic student rate for regular mass attendees. Suddenly it pays to start going to church again.

[JimVT]

I think you have that right.

Isn't it amazing how people can change their mind about issues when their pocketbooks are affected.

I really pity the children of these liaisons.