[Magdalen] 239th year since the birth of the United States of America as ...

[Grace Cangialosi]

Actually, I found that misconception to be very prevalent in rural Virginia not so many years ago, and these were not "goons." Historically there was so much anti-Catholic sentiment in the South that I'm sure many folks figured they must not be Christian. I even had parishioners who were surprised when I corrected this notion.
When we moved to this county in 1981, the local Catholic congregation, which had been worshiping in a house, applied for a zoning variance to make some additions, like a steeple, and make it into a regular church building, they were met with some stiff opposition. Leading the charge was the wife of a local Baptist pastor, who declared, "We don't need any Catholics in [this] county!"
Now, of course, the Catholic congregation, still very small, is well respected in the community.

> On Jul 3, 2015, at 1:33 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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>> To  that I would add that many non Christians and agnostic or atheists 
> have  behavior that aligns with what IS Christian behavior but short of ascent 
> to  Christ and or God and that is right up there as the same for me. Too 
> many who  identify as Christian are not contributing those ideals to American 
> society  today>>>>>
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> I caught a small segment of that television program, "Marriage Boot
> Camp," a week ago, and was startled to hear one woman say that
> she thought she was "marrying a Christian, but he turned out to
> be Roman Catholic" (!)
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> Where do they find these goons?
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> David Strang.