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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know JD Vance personally, but I read his book.

He grew up outside of an organized church. His father was a fundamentalist Christian. I can see why he settled on becoming Catholic once he was old enough to set his own path.

It’s not a political choice. It’s personal. If it wasn’t, he wouldn’t have been Confirmed.[/quote]

I find it odd people think he converted to Catholicism for political reasons. I can't think of one thing a politician would gain by being a Catholic convert.[/quote]
Are you kidding? Several current and former SCOTUS members are Catholics. His mentor, Peter Thiel, is Catholic. There are powerful conservative Catholics behind the political scenes like in The Family organization. It's always seemed like a political move to me. They are gaining political power as much or more than Evangelicals and it's a savvy move on his part. [/quote]
Agree with all of this. (The Family is a fascinating case). There also was a generation of Irish Catholics older than he who became influrntial right-wing pundits on Fox and elsewhere like Sean Hannity, Peggy Noonan, Bill O'Reilly and most notably, Steve Bannon--he really plays up his Catholicism. The Supreme Court had Scalia, Alito, Kavanugh, Coney Barrett. Is Thomas Catholic too?

Didn't his wife clerk for Kavanaugh? No Megachurch Evangelicals are at this level. [/quote]

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