Have we reached a point where inactive Catholics can be called secular Catholics?
Stating it that way implies a cultural identity since actually practicing Catholicism is a counter-cultural state. Our lives revolve around daily, sometimes hourly prayer and values that are antithetical to common culture.
I can’t think of any other way to put it. I do know a few in my own parish who voted for Zero, but they are devout but misguided since they voted the concern for the poor without thinking it through.
Pollsters who lump self-described Catholics who never practice their faith into one demographic are skewing the numbers.
You remind me of a common belief among the tragically naive. Democrats are for the little guy; they are for the poor. I have been involved with a Democrat funding organization (a great many years ago) and learned that the only thing the Dem party is interested in is poor-peoples’ votes and money. They will pry a few dollars from even poor people for whom that is precious money. They will act like they care for the poor but in reality they care for the union dollars, the masses ignorant votes, and for the power of the most wealthy and elite.
Any objective examination of what the Dem party has done to the poor is damning. Look at the illegitimacy rates, the wages and job opportunities in once great manufacturing industries, the quality of public education, the competitiveness of our nation, the opportunities for future generations, even the dignity of entertainment—look at what Dem’s have done to the quality of existence for the poor. Tell that to any foolish Catholic and ask them how they could be so insensitive and cruel to the poor.
As the mob cornered him, they demanded to know, "Are you Protestant or Catholic?"
Relieved, the trapped man laughed and said, "I'm an athiest".
"OK, fine", said the mob leader. "But are you a Protestant athiest or a Catholic athiest?"