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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 356105, member: 780"] "Fight back" might not have been the best way to say that. Although many seem to feel free to tee off on the Catholic Church's beliefs, policies and problems in a way that they wouldn't dare with other "protected" religions and classes. (i.e, all male clergy, contraception, abortion, and the priest scandals). As Catholics, this treatment in the national dialogue does piss us off ... but not so much that its become a big deal ... yet. A better way to say it might be, An Upswing in Ethnic Identification and Pride among Catholics including Irish, Italians and Catholic Germans. I have no idea why and how this might happen, but stranger things seem to happen every day. [/QUOTE]