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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)12/29/2019 8:44:20 am PST

re: #109 Shropshire Slasher

I don’t think the Catholic Church will be around another ten years. They won’t have any money.

Plenty of conservative Catholics still around who have (and will) put up with a lot due to tradition and rallying around Abortion as the sole important litmus test.

I know a lot of them who did a lot of hand-wringing over the various scandals and cover-ups in the priesthood. And they’d probably only consider leaving the Church if it was their own parish priest caught up in it - and maybe only if it was their children.

I’ve been avoiding political discussions with them for the most part (last long one was held in October of 2016). I’ve seen glimmerings and defensive statements regarding having voted for Trump from some of them. But have also been hearing anti-immigrant rhetoric and some of the standard talking points as well. So I’m not sure to some degree where they will end up next year when that decision needs to be made. (Though unfortunately I expect that white privilege and lip service to their own creed is going to lead them towards doubling down.)