I been researchin’ since ‘76. Will do more research at the Maine caucus this weekend. One of the reasons I am driving is that Rick Santorum does not have ONE volunteer in the entire state. Not good. Neither does NEWT.
Example? I was in NY=23 for the Doug Hoffman race. Some young folks with Susan Anthony List came up from VA. When they attended Mass, the local folks at the parish were rude to them. “I wish you folks would take your politics to somebody else’s town ...” I met the pastor myself ... nasty old hoot.
Most Catholic pew-sitters don’t do elections. And they don’t much like pro-life activists.
It is probably just an east coast thing.
“Most Catholic pew-sitters don’t do elections. And they don’t much like pro-life activists.”
The Catholics you refer to are not generally found in the pews. They are CINO’s.
I did tell the SOC Chatroom about if anyone was willing to go up to Maine to help with the cacuses up that way.
I can't speak for the East Coast, but here in the Midwest, Catholics are very active politically. The majority of pro-life activity comes from Catholics, although there are a lot of Protestants who are active in our local Right to Life organization. I don't mean to slight them; we're glad to have their support. But the majority of turnout for the annual March, for volunteers at our two pro-life organizations (one a counseling service for pregnant women, the other a thrift shop for children's things), and for door-to-door political campaigning, are Catholics.