One of the most uncomfortable political shifts I observed in the nineties... [View all]
was how American Catholics and Protestants began to find common ground on issues that involved private religious school funding and anti-abortion. As this convergence continued, in conversations with America Catholics who were close to me, I began to hear them picking up the same beliefs as Protestants, and less regarding Catholic principles of good will and charity.
I always wondered how it was that Catholics forgot how much they were despised by Protestants. And then, here we are today. It's as if someone turned on a switch.
Frankly, I don't know if it will take hold, but, at least some are beginning to recognize the disregard that this president has for our Catholic pope, which also transfers unto those who believe in what he promotes: Charity to all and peaceful solutions.
I don't think the Right will recover fast enough to recover from this collapse, but also from the betrayal they have to deal with from what they have done to American latinos and latinas.
It will be interesting to see if they win any ethnic demographic this coming election.
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