Anticlericalism-- was allegedly bigoted

[hamilton02 at aol.com]

Reread Madison's Memorial and Remons. It contains a scathing denunciation of priests/bishops and a negative reference to the Inquisition.  It is straightforward anticlericalism aimed at the Catholic Church.
It is usually ignored by legal scholars.  
Marci
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Marci--

I don't think I've said anything that would imply a criticism of James 
Madison. So far as I know, he never said anything like "Anyone who's 
been denied communion can't be all bad."

Maybe it would be a good idea to start a discussion of Madison's views 
on religion, so long as such a discussion does not appear to be a 
defense of, or an excuse for, or a distraction from, the nature of the 
bigoted statement to which Earl objected.

Nelson


hamilton02 at aol.com wrote:
> Nelson-- setting aside the statement made---would you not agree that anticlericalism is different from anti-Catholicism?  There is a long tradition in the religious history of the United States of anticlericalism, which was integral to Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance.
> Marci
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