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

[Jo Craddock]

The KKK railed against RCs at least as recently as the late 1970s, in a flyer I remember seeing, but with terms (popery, perhaps?) that were rather coded.

This is part, I think, of the "two states of Louisiana," that can be realized in demographic patterns and political thought; those areas, generally south of I-10, are more liberal than the rest of the state, that area having been "settled" by the French, Spanish, and direct-from-Britain, while the migration of, generally, congregationalists of some form from the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia when Native American lands were opened for sale, constituted most of the remainder of the state. That Baton Rouge is on the border is not lost on me. One parish (county) line to the east, three miles from my house, or twenty-five to the north, is really a "whole 'nother country." The oft-mentioned-here "Albion's Seed" is very enlightening in this regard.

Peace,
Jo





> On Jul 3, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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>>>>>
>> 
>> 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" (!)
>> 
>> Where do they find these goons?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> David Strang.