What I've been saying all along!

I have in the past described certain sectors of the Catholic Church as fascists, particularly those activists who push to have catholic principles turned into legislation. There are a growing number of catholics both in the hierarchy of the church and among its lay congregation that would like to enforce catholic views on the general population. I have also been conscious of Godwin's law and thus have tried to stick to the official definition of fascism without straying into dealing with Nazi Germany. The fact remains that using the term fascist brings with it an implication of exaggeration and extremism. It was interesting, therefore, to find this video on the web which proclaims that to protect civilisation that only Catholics should be allowed to vote.

The video is pretty scary stuff. He begins by differentiating between those who study candidates and examine issues and those who don't. He then goes on to say that those who study the issues and have society's best interests at heart should only be allowed to vote. He doesn't seem to grasp that there are those of us out there that study the issues and the candidates but disagree with Catholic teaching on the subject. We too are acting out of the interest of a better society and I have to say that one founded on progressive principles, freedom, human rights and reason is far better than one founded on outdated superstitions and protecting child rapists.

This video should have a particular resonance for Irish people after the controversy on Good Friday this year. To clarify my argument against the law on pub closures and other measures that this idiot and others like him would propose: Yes, if you consider yourself a Catholic then you shouldn't drink on Good Friday, have an abortion, get divorced, use condoms or get married to someone of the same gender. Those are the rules of YOUR religion though, not mine. Those of us who are not catholic should not be bound by them.

**Additional**
The video above has since been pulled from both You Tube and the source website. In a video response the author blames the takedown on the abuse he received from "Angry Atheists" regarding the content of the video. He suggested that only faithful catholics should get to vote and that a catholic dictatorship was the optimal form of government. He rightly got his ass flamed from some pissed off atheists and people who have a problem with bullshit. Gee, I wonder why anyone would have a problem with a catholic dictatorship.