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To: ansel12
I count Catholics who are members of the Catholic church, and the Catholic vote hasn’t changed, it is still democrat, and it is a religious denomination, not a race, Catholics were voting democrat long before Hispanics showed up in large numbers.

Again, I think you're trying to make two different points here. In terms of immigration, you are making the assumption that most immigrants are Catholic, when in fact the latest polling seems to indicate that only about a third are.

You point really should be that Catholicism seems to hold a disproportionate appeal among the economically disadvantaged classes, regardless of immigration status.

Your greater point, I think, is that people who self-identify as "Catholic" tend to vote overwhelmingly liberal. That was not really true in the 2012 presidential election, when the Catholic vote exactly matched the general electorate, 50% to 48% for Obama.

On the other hand, in the most recent (2014) election, self-identified "Catholics" voted Republican, 54% to 45%.

The point that you really should be making is that Hispanic Catholics tend to vote liberal in high majorities. Unfortunately, Catholicism is losing its popularity faster among this group than among whites. I suspect that the popularity of the current Latin American Pope may reverse that effect, but your argument is still against immigration in general, not against Catholicism. Unless, of course, you want it to be for some other reason that you're too polite to mention.

12 posted on 01/07/2015 3:37:15 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9

No, I haven’t said anything about what percentage of immigrants are Catholics, although the majority of immigrants since JFK’s immigration law was passed are Catholics, and we all know that most immigrants in America came as Catholics from Catholic countires.

My “real” point is that the majority of Catholics vote pro-abortion democrat and that we have been and are, importing them by the millions.

The Catholics did vote for Obama in 2012, just as they did in 2008.

Catholics Hispanics who become non Catholic Christians also start voting more conservatively and more pro-life.

No wonder Catholic pro-abortion Democratic politicians are treated so royally, just like I pointed out in post 3.

The Catholic vote hasn’t changed, it is still democrat, and it is a religious denomination, not a race, Catholics were voting democrat long before Hispanics showed up in large numbers.


13 posted on 01/07/2015 3:59:59 PM PST by ansel12 (Civilization, Crusade against the Mohammedan Death Cult.)
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