This thread has become so long! I will never be able to read it, let alone post in the few minutes I have before work! lol! I just did a rough, and I mean very rough skim of everything.

But I guess my quick response would be this...as interesting as a debate as it might be about Catholicism...if we are talking about politics and swaying the minds of the popular vote, Catholicism is not it. At least not yet. As the nation becomes more populated with Latinos, then that may be the case (they do tend to be Catholic, or at least raised that way).

But until then, the vast majority of the people living here is protestant so any arguements specifically aimed at the church (most directly the whole pedophilia thing) doesn't apply.

But I may have more, or less :p , to say when I actually read the thread. I also see new posters...very cool! :)

thanks,
dini
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"Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, and everything you do. Yeah, they were all yellow. I came along, I wrote a song for you, and all the things you do, and it was called Yellow." - Coldplay