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human
That makes me wonder the cause for Catholic prejudice in US politics. Was it immigrant fear of Italians and Irish or a fear of the Vatican influencing policy?
gpt
The issue with Catholicism was around long before any of those issues. Its from the English, who left the Catholic church during the Reformation. There was a long political struggle in England to rid the country of Catholic influence and power. A lot of this sowed the seeds of hate towards Catholics, and people that were primarily Catholic like the Irish. Despite this happening around the 1600s and before. This laid the foundations for the US.