Blanshard

In 1949, Paul Blanshard wrote in his bestselling book, American Freedom and Catholic Power, that the Catholic Church was widely seen as an "undemocratic system of alien control" in which the lay were chained by the "rule of the clergy."

Geoffrey R. Stone: Marriage Equality and the Catholic Bishops Geoffrey R. Stone 2011

In 1949, Paul Blanshard wrote in his bestselling book, American Freedom and Catholic Power, that the Catholic Church was widely seen as an "undemocratic system of alien control" in which the lay were chained by the "rule of the clergy."

Geoffrey R. Stone: Marriage Equality and the Catholic Bishops Geoffrey R. Stone 2011

In 1949, Paul Blanshard wrote in his bestselling book, American Freedom and Catholic Power, that the Catholic Church was widely seen as an "undemocratic system of alien control" in which the lay were chained by the "rule of the clergy."

Geoffrey R. Stone: Marriage Equality and the Catholic Bishops Geoffrey R. Stone 2011

In 1949, Paul Blanshard wrote in his bestselling book, American Freedom and Catholic Power, that the Catholic Church was widely seen as an "undemocratic system of alien control" in which the lay were chained by the "rule of the clergy."

Geoffrey R. Stone: Marriage Equality and the Catholic Bishops Geoffrey R. Stone 2011

In 1949, Paul Blanshard wrote in his bestselling book, American Freedom and Catholic Power, that the Catholic Church was widely seen as an "undemocratic system of alien control" in which the lay were chained by the "rule of the clergy."

Geoffrey R. Stone: Marriage Equality and the Catholic Bishops Geoffrey R. Stone 2011

Also: Bernstein says that Blanshard criticized the Catholic Church for opposing coercive eugenics after WWII.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Paranoid Conservatives”: 2009

In his 1949 bestseller, American Freedom and Catholic Power, Blanshard favorably cited Buck v.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Paranoid Conservatives”: 2009

The fact that Blanshard, a best-selling, highly respected author, thought that his liberal Protestant audience would react favorably to the argument that the Catholic Church was bad because it opposed coercive sterilization does indeed suggest that support for coercive eugenics was not an isolated phenomenon in “progressive circles” as late as1949.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Paranoid Conservatives”: 2009

He publishes the sentence under the title What Blanshard might have said to Derrida.

Foe of persistent obscurity 2009

I doubt Blanshard voted or would have voted for Kennedy, so can he really be a Progressive? lol

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Paranoid Conservatives”: 2009