[MarkBsnr]

Mark, I’m curious about those numbers, too. Why would Obama garner more support than McCain from Roman Catholics?

Partly because there is still anger at the Republican Party for the despicable way that they treated Catholics in the 1800s and 1900s, and partly because Catholics listened to more than the abortion message - many of them fell for the Democratic platform one more time.

However, if you look at the numbers between 2004 and 2008, Catholics moved towards the Democrats by about the same percentage as the Protestants did - it is just that the Protestants stayed just under 50%, while the Catholics moved just over 50%.

Catholics are making the trends toward the Republican Party with strong Christian values - I introduce in evidence the fact that Catholics are 67% of SCOTUS and Protestants do not occupy a single chair. And all were appointed by Protestant Presidents. Are you curious, yourself, about that? :)

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It is, to me, interesting that a Protestant President would put aside his religion for the politics of his country.

Do you think that a Catholic President would appoint a Protestant SCOTUS? Just an interesting point of conversation, IMO :)

[metmom]

Partly because there is still anger at the Republican Party for the despicable way that they treated Catholics in the 1800s and 1900s, and partly because Catholics listened to more than the abortion message - many of them fell for the Democratic platform one more time.

Oh boo hoo!!! Instead of the race card they play the martyr card. And how many Catholics are still alive from the 1800's even early 1900's? And what, exactly, did the Republicans do to the poor babies?

Is there something about the forgiveness that Jesus taught about in His own words (that Catholic claim they hold in such high esteem) that they don't get?

They're still holding a grudge for over a hundred years and that's why they for pro-abortion?

Yeah.....right....