"this continuing disdain for those who do have Faith, esp. when they are progressive and the only mass base, besides the unions, and civil rights and LGBT, 'community,' that the US Left has to be strategically/tactically stupid."
Me:
I have absolutely worked with Catholic anti-death penalty groups. Doesn't mean I believe a deity impregnated a virgin to produce a supernatural Messiah for mankind.
Do Catholics sit around and exhibit disdain for folks who believe more libertarian socialist type things like me? Oh HELL YES they do! Why not go after them? I'm personally tired of being afraid to call bullshit for bullshit because it might "alienate" someone who believes the equivalent of Scientology. Only so much b.s. one can take.
-B.