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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...