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alwaysinasnit

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4. Yup, patriarchy and it's able lieutenant, the Catholic Church, have a lot to answer for.

Reply to Moral Compass (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 20, 2019, 02:43 PM

Jul 2019

And yes, I was born into the Catholic faith. And as George Carlin so eloquently put it (paraphrasing), "I was a Catholic until I reached the age of reason."

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