Those are the uncomfortable facts for "conservative" Roman Catholics.
Rome is an authoritarian monopoly. All authoritarian monopolies are fascists at heart. "Do this or else."
23% of the US population is Catholic. 53% is Protestant.
Somebody has some ‘splainin to do about all those Protestants who voted Obama into office.
All those Protestants who voted for Obama put him into office.
And the *or else* is burn in hell for eternity because we’ll ex-communicate you if you don’t buckle under.
Who did the other 54% of Protestants vote for? Obama
Is it 56% of Catholics who voted or 56% of All Catholics? There were many people who didn’t vote because they didn’t like ANY of the choices.