re: #117 dangerman

how times have changed:

- john f kennedy: we can’t trust him - his Catholicism will inform everything he does

- joe biden: we can’t trust him - his Catholicism won’t inform anything he does

I wonder how much of it is/was xenophobia/racism. By 1960 were Irish and/or Italian Americans (the two then largest populations likely to be Catholic) considered sufficiently white? The Birchers and Klan were also anti-Catholic and their influence has obviously dropped since then too.

I mean, nobody really brings up Pelosi’s religion (also Catholic), nor was much made of Kerry’s religion (also Catholic). Like, how much more of an issue would it be if Julian Castro was the nominee?