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to: John Cuccia
from: Gary Wiltshire
date: 2006-03-25 12:04:36
subject: Re: From Snopes

From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:02:10 -0500, John Cuccia  wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:23:03 -0500, "Gary Wiltshire"

> wrote:
>
>>> Who says there was Republican fearmongering in 1960?
>>
>> Anybody who reads what was being said at the time about the presidency
>> being subject to control from the Vatican.
>
> I don't think it was limited to Republicans.
>
>> It was scummy then and it's scummy now.
>
> Agreed. but it serves to reinforce Adam's point about which religions
> were deemed acceptable to the Euros who settled America and which
> weren't.

I'm not arguing with him on that point except insofar as he seems to have
the notion that the Anglicans were/are dominant here.  They weren't -- even
from the start.

--
Gary Wiltshire

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