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THE QUESTION
Discrimination Against Catholics
Does discrimination against Catholics still exist in this country today? If so, why? How have you experienced discrimination because of your religious beliefs or lack of religious beliefs?
Posted by
Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on March 14, 2007 6:22 AM
FROM THE PANEL
Discrimination Against Muslims
Is there any greater violation of the American spirit and the human ethic than to spit on the heritage that somebody considers precious?
Posted by Eboo Patel, on March 20, 2007 9:41 AM
The Other Side of "Free Exercise" of Religion
What gets called discrimination is much more likely a matter of individual bias.
Posted by Gustav Niebuhr, on March 19, 2007 4:50 PM
Discrimination Against Pagans
While I can’t speak to the issue of discrimination against Catholics, I can say that religious discrimination against Pagans and Wiccans and indigenous religions is omnipresent in the U.S.
Posted by Starhawk, on March 18, 2007 8:30 AM
More Prejudice from the Elite Than From the Street
In my experience, prejudice against Catholics is more noticeable among the well-educated than it is among people of more modest academic credentials.
Posted by William J. Byron, on March 16, 2007 10:13 AM
Dissent is Not Discrimination
Roman Catholics have the right to define their faith and practice for Roman Catholics. They do not have the right to define the faith and practice of the non-Roman Catholic population.
Posted by John Shelby Spong, on March 16, 2007 9:41 AM
Catholic Struggle a Guide for African-Americans, American Muslims
The Catholic experience is a useful lesson for American Muslims who are grappling with a host of cultural adjustment issues.
Posted by Sulayman Nyang, on March 16, 2007 9:41 AM
Hostility Toward Faith Not Limited to Catholicism
In an era of rampant relativism, a truth claim by its very nature is seen as oppressive.
Posted by Charles "Chuck" Colson, on March 16, 2007 8:05 AM
Catholics More Likely to Face Ethnic Bias Than Religious Discrimination
Catholics are often subject to double standards.
Posted by Pamela K. Taylor, on March 16, 2007 7:22 AM
From John Kerry to the Da Vinci Code: Discrimination Reinvented?
A new attitude of suspicion of the Catholic Church has arisen among some due to the sexual abuse of children by priests and the apparent cover-up by church authorities.
Posted by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, on March 15, 2007 10:37 AM
Let's Find the Good and Praise It
I yearn for a day when religious forces can be in the rough and tumble of politics without being met with sacrilegious or debasing counterattacks.
Posted by Martin Marty, on March 15, 2007 9:26 AM
Prejudice Can Be Unlearned
It still seems improbable to me that people can vent hatred about someone else’s religious differences in a pluralistic society like ours.
Posted by Michael Otterson, on March 15, 2007 9:12 AM
Bigots are Right: There is No Earthly Reason for Catholicism to Exist
Catholicism’s enemies come in all shapes and sizes and pop-up repeatedly in history.
Posted by Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, on March 15, 2007 8:00 AM
God Save the Queen, but the Roman Catholics?
When our cardinals speak out on religious issues, such as on gay adoption, they get a fairly hostile reception in the press.
Posted by Julia Neuberger, on March 15, 2007 7:09 AM
Unfair Discrimination & Fair Criticism
The most serious charge I would make against Roman Catholicism is that it is deeply involved in a profound abuse of power both hierarchically and sacramentally.
Posted by John Dominic Crossan, on March 14, 2007 10:26 AM
Anti-Catholicism: A Phony Issue
No one can look at the immense social, economic, and political influence of American-born Catholics today and seriously think that anti-Catholicism is a real impediment to their progress.
Posted by Susan Jacoby, on March 14, 2007 9:45 AM
Still Striving Toward the Founders' Dream
As a child in the Protestant tradition, I was told that Catholics were papists (a term I did not know) and non-Christians (a term I did know that frightened me).
Posted by Welton Gaddy, on March 14, 2007 8:59 AM
Discrimination Built Into UK System
The UK has a law prohibiting the sovereign from becoming, or marrying, a Roman Catholic. This is regarded by many as discriminatory.
Posted by Nicholas T. Wright, on March 14, 2007 7:36 AM
FEATURED COMMENTS
Beth: Christians are discriminated against in this liberal culture with "value free"education in schools and a fragmented culture that accepts eve...
adams: I'd like to point out that the basis of historical anti-catholic discrimination in the united states actually sprang from a secular concern....
Jihadist: No, there is not discrimination against Catholics or the Catholic Church in the US or in the world.
The Catholic church is allowed to be re...
