Catholics entered whiteness by importing abortion politics into conservative Protestantism

Evidence

By the late twentieth century, Irish, Italian, French, Spanish, Polish, and other nonblack Catholics had been admitted into the ranks of white Christianity, with all the rights, privileges, and white supremacist expectations thereof. Across this bridge, the lines of cultural influence flowed in both directions. White Catholics carried abortion politics into the white conservative Protestant camp, where it was melded with antigay sentiment to create the peculiar alchemy of “family values.” — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 39

Categorization

• XREF: Strong echo of the learned example: ‘Racial myths justify pre-existing power relationships’ and ‘White racial solidarity was an ideology masking the origins of the white working class’ — whiteness as admission ticket carrying obligations. — connects to: Abortion was adopted as a rallying issue because it could unite disparate cultural conservatives — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 258; Early abortion politics pitted Catholic lobbyists against Protestant Republicans, not secular against religious — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 265; The ‘family values’ coalition fused Catholic abortion politics with Protestant white supremacy. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 39 (+2 more)
• SEED: Angle: the ‘family values’ coalition as a whiteness merger contract — what each camp contributed and what admission cost.

Broader Connections

• Anti-abortion politics brokered the Protestant-Catholic right-wing alliance. #corroborates (0.90) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 37
• The ‘family values’ coalition fused Catholic abortion politics with Protestant white supremacy. #corroborates (0.88) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 39