{"id":1652,"date":"2007-08-01T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/08\/recovering-catholic.html"},"modified":"2007-08-01T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-01T07:42:00","slug":"recovering-catholic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/08\/recovering-catholic.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Recovering Catholic&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems some forms of prejudice die hard. Like <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070801\/ap_on_el_pr\/brownback_catholicism_4\">anti-Catholicism<\/a>: <i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/RrBzq1GldtI\/AAAAAAAAAbI\/t4E--wBYHLM\/s1600-h\/capt.d081f83fb07746779ab1ee0735c29e15.brownback_2008_iacn105.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/RrBzq1GldtI\/AAAAAAAAAbI\/t4E--wBYHLM\/s320\/capt.d081f83fb07746779ab1ee0735c29e15.brownback_2008_iacn105.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback said rival Mike Huckabee should apologize for a supporter&#8217;s &#8220;prejudiced whisper campaign&#8221; against him for being Catholic.<\/p>\n<p>Huckabee issued a statement Tuesday night that didn&#8217;t apologize for the remarks but said they were neither approved nor condoned by his campaign. He said he was glad that the supporter had issued his own apology and clarification.<\/p>\n<p>The supporter, a pastor in Windsor Heights, Iowa, had sent an e-mail to Brownback supporters pointing out that Huckabee is an evangelical Protestant and Brownback is not. Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, is an ordained Baptist minister.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know Senator Brownback converted to Roman Catholicism in 2002,&#8221; Rev. Tim Rude, pastor of Walnut Creek Community Church, wrote in the e-mail. &#8220;Frankly, as a recovering Catholic myself, that is all I need to know about his discernment when compared to the governor&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the e-mail, Rude calls Huckabee &#8220;one of us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Evangelical Protestants have a history of suspicion toward Catholics, although it has lessened significantly in the decades since the National Association of Evangelicals warned against electing John F. Kennedy, a Catholic, to the presidency in 1960.<\/p>\n<p>Issues such as abortion have brought the faiths closer, although some suspicion remains.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> I can only imagine the outrage that would ensue if this sort of campaign had been waged against Barack Obama because he&#8217;s black, or Joe Leiberman because he&#8217;s Jewish.  <\/p>\n<p><i>Photo: Sen.Sam Brownback, by Charlie Neibergall\/AP<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems some forms of prejudice die hard. Like anti-Catholicism: Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback said rival Mike Huckabee should apologize for a supporter&#8217;s &#8220;prejudiced whisper campaign&#8221; against him for being Catholic. 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