Anti-Catholicism: The Final Frontier
I had an interesting day yesterday. Within an hour of waking up I was greeted by anti-Catholic postings on Facebook – obviously motivated by the church’s much-publicized opposition to the American government’s intent to force all employers to offer birth control to their employees. It started the day off on the wrong foot, but I decided to just ignore it and get on with my day. Shortly after I got to work I took a look at Twitter to see what was happening in the world. And what was trending? - #WhyIUseBirthControl. I foolishly checked out some of the Tweets and was actually shocked by the anti-God, anti-Catholic, anti-child messages that so many felt the need to communicate. I posted a few tweets of #WhyIDontUseBirthControl, but as you can imagine, one guy Tweeting in Florida isn’t really enough to start a trend. Hours later a conversation arose at work and the subject of marriage was brought up to a 20-something co-worker of mine. Almost...