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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Wrong. Having been raissed Catholic and knowing hundreds of Catholics, I can assure you not more than 15-25% of them support Rome's edicts on matters such as abortion. Those who give a shit about keeping up appearances say they follow the church, but they don't. When their daughters get knocked up, almost all Catholics get pro-choice real quick.
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Uhm, wrong-yourself. Public schools? Its not that the substance of your description of Philadelphia Catholics is wrong. Its because there is no other positions of the Catholic Church that are as widely-known in today's political word as the pro-Life and anti-Gay-Marriage stances. Which is to say, you describe yourself in any political term as a pro-Life Catholic, you are a pink Elephant. At least, because the Vatican dictionary does not recognize these two terms as a valid expression.
And, FWIW, Chicago Catholic Democrats are just as stupid as any Philadelphia Democrat, but Chicago Catholics see widespread illegitimate births among young women in their teens and twenties. Call them whatever names you want, but this is probably the one thing they tend not to be hypocritical about. Here, I'll get you started on the names, ye of little faith. How 'bout "stoopid"? Personally, I can justify the choice to have a baby once you are pregnant. Unfortunately, all too many young women in those neighborhoods put themselves in positions where they will when they are 17-23. Not representative, but a relative of mine checked her old (early 80's) Catholic high school yearbook, and estimated that a bit less than half her class had illegitimate babies by 22.
