But, McGrath, religious antagonism spilling over into violence such as found in the KKK, is an aberration. Those guys are much more concerned with what they perceive as "racial purity." (As if one could find any such thing in this country!) Yeah, they're down on Catholics and Jews, but their Jewish thing is race-based. Part of their dislike of Catholicism is because the KKK is a "secret" organization, with rites and great swearings never to divulge this or that -- a real no-no to the Catholic church. The KKK rejects any organization that rejects them.

Keith: What would happen if the Prince of Wales announced an impending conversion to Catholcism? Would it really be "ho-hum" -- or would Parlaiment erupt in flames? The Irish here are not the only ones who come to this side of the pond who tell me how they can't get over how little a person's religion matters here -- the English do, too.

(This is really getting into high thread creep...)

Sarah