http://www.metafilter.com/tags/anti-catholic Posts tagged with 'anti-catholic' at MetaFilter. Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:38:55 -0800 Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:38:55 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/17807/ <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08677a.htm">Know-Nothings, Bible Riots and the Catholic Church</a> Take a break from priest abuse news with this detailed history of anti-Catholic bias in the United States. In 1834, an angry Boston mob <a href="http://www.fireandroses.com/fire_roses.html">burned down a convent</a> after Harriet Beecher Stowe's father preached that Catholic immigrants were a <a href="http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~acsp/courses/hist366/beecher.html">threat to democracy</a>. In Philadelphia, the <a href="http://www.irish-society.org/Hedgemaster%20Archives/philadelphia.htm">1844 Bible Riots</a> lasted for days, destroying Irish-Catholic churches and neighborhoods. In 1855, Louisville <a href="http://www.atheists.org/schoolhouse/street.html#know">Know-Nothings</a> went on a <a href="http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/kade/springer/Ch3/figure_30.html">"Bloody Monday"</a> rampage that left dozens of Catholics dead. Even telegraph inventor <a href="http://www.xxicentury.org/HCA/poisonpens.html">Samuel Morse</a> got into the act with a series of anonymous anti-Catholic letters. Fascinating stuff, but oops, break's over. We now return to our <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/cgi-bin/2002/priests.cgi">regularly scheduled program</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.17807 Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:38:55 -0800 america anti-catholic catholic catholicism christianity history religion USA ushistory mediareport