In this area, we have a Catholic bishop who has called for the excommunication of a politician representing this area because he(a Catholic) said that abortion was a matter of personal conviction, and a prominent local Catholic theologian who called for the condemnation of the same politician because he said the local gay community was an important part of his constituency. This politician, married with children, was the marshall for the local Gay Pride parade, bringing more wrath down on his head. This type of extremism leads me to wonder if I vote for a Catholic candidate, will he force views on me which I will find limit my practices and options, which are legal under current laws. I could point to many other fanatics, including Ian Paisley, etc. etc. Not all fundamentalists force their views on others. Would ignorant, dictatorial oafs be a better characterization of these social fossils?