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Personally, I do not consider the raving moonbats who infect this forum spewing their hatred of either Mormons or Catholics as conservatives. They may pretend to be conservatives in order to avoid a zot. They may even hold a few showcase conservative positions. But their sole purpose on this forum is to divide religion against religion and further fragment the conservative movement.

Check the posting history of the worst offenders. You will see they talk about little else. They also have a dedicated caucus of camp followers whom they will call in to dominate any thread which even suggests there may be good in the target of their hatred.

While I personally see organized religion of any kind as mainly another way to divert my hard-earned money to them, I must confess that I have a special affection for both Mormons and Catholics for all the crap which gets thrown at them. I've never been able to comprehend the Taliban Christian animosity to both groups beyond the fact that both groups believe good works are necessary in addition to faith in Jesus Christ. The best I can figure is that they think God grades on a curve and these two groups are breaking or distorting the curve. Otherwise, they'd just shut up and leave them alone or possibly even try to upstage them with good works of their own.

The Religious Right actually has quite a large number of Catholics in its ranks, ya know. But I get what you're saying. Sure, the Evangelicals and Fundamentalists are hated by the leftist elites, too. But they're not feared by them in the same way Catholicism is. Most Evangelicals and Fundamentalists are merely considered - rightly or wrongly - as mere annoyances, often bordering on the status of court jester buffoons in their eyes. But Catholicism has "staying power" in addition to its perceived bona fides as a right-wing catalyst and perveyor of theistic extremism. ALso, it undeniably has more "gravitas." Therefore, it must be prioritized as the target to be "stopped" first.

Anti-Catholicism will never "just go away." But it's here with a vengeance for the forseeable future. Some of our own priests haven't exactly helped the cause, lately, but that was just the excuse - the dustgrain, if you will - around which a massive wave of politically correct Anti-Catholicism will coalesce. particularly if the Dems ride an Obama wave toward a congressional super-majority, but the potential scenarios aren't much better if McCain wins. Time to hunker down and ride out the storm!