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MineralMan

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10. The prejudice against Catholics
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 03:58 PM
Feb 2019

was toned down when the Christian Right launched its anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ campaigns. Since the Catholic Church agreed with them on those issues, fundamentalists stopped attacking Roman Catholicism openly to focus on their ugly common goals. Since then, the Christian Right has also adopted the RCC's objections to contraception, too.

However, the deep-seated distrust of everything Catholic has not gone away among conservative Protestants. It is just not being expressed right now, in the name of common cause.

That distrust is still there, however, and will re-emerge, the minute those goals are met or when it becomes clear that they will never be met. The Christian Right's current support for Judaism and Israel is equally temporary, and for similar reasons. Rabid hatred for Islam among the Christian Right has led it to make common cause with Israel on Middle East issues. But, the antisemitism is still there, simmering under the surface.

Fundamentalists are also pragmatists when it comes to their goals. They will align with anyone on a particular issue, but retain their disdain and hatred despite their apparent agreement on a particular issue.

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