Obviously, the idea that "catholics" tend to vote Democrat is, as proven by this article and Alex's research, an urban legend. Real committed Catholics (just like any other committed, i.e., "born again" Christian) vote pro-life.
....studies of the 2004 results identified a new hardcore vote of roughly 16 percent of Catholics (nearly 10 million people) who attend church more than once a week and identify as ideologically “conservative”. George Bush targeted these people and increased his percentage of the conservative Catholic vote....
The "catholics" who vote for culture of death Democrats aren't really Catholic at all. They are more like cultural/ethnic non-practicing Jews, with no real belief in their own religion. In fact, all these polls of "catholics" rarely distinguish non-practicing "catholics" from real Catholics as Alex has done.
So we can dispense with the old tired canard that "catholics" vote Democrat.
Well, "catholics" might vote Democrat.
But real Catholics vote pro-life.
Unfortunately for us real Catholics, many of our priests and bishops are just "catholics." And that makes it exceedingly difficult to defend real Catholicism from these slurs.
So all of the Irish Catholics (or catholics) in Boston (for example) who vote straight Democrat are not actually members of the Roman Catholic Church? May want to inform Father Mulcahey that he doesn't really have a job and should vacate that building.