Anti-Catholic?

There have been a number of articles that opine that criticism of Amy Coney Barrett's beliefs ... against abortion and contraception, for women's subserviance, against marriage equality for LGBTQ people ... is a kind of anti-Catholicism. I don't believe this is true.

First of all, a majoority of US Catholics support Roe v Wade ...

Roughly equal shares of Catholic registered voters have identified with or leaned toward the Democratic and Republican parties in recent years (47% vs. 46%, respectively) ... 64% of Catholic Democrats and Democratic leaners say abortion should be legal in all or most cases — slightly lower than the share for Democrats overall (76%). On balance, however, Catholic Democrats are more likely to favor legal abortion than to oppose it. - Pew

And nearly 100% of Catholics use contraception.

And a majority of Catholics support women being treated equally with men in the church ...

Roughly six-in-ten Catholics say the church should allow ... women to become priests (59%) - Pew

And a mjority of Catholics support gay rights and marriage equality.

Are these Catholics anti-Catholic because they disagree with Barrett?

Amy Coney Barrett is an extreme traditionalist, and they are a finy minority in the Catholic church ... think of somewhere between the SSPX and cardinals addicted to serious man-lace.

Barrett's religious views are just as open to criticism as anything else, especially if she tries to force those views on others. Calling critics anti-Catholic is a tactic to avoid discussing the issues.

More: Amy Coney Barrett’s Extremist Religious Beliefs Merit Examination

[A]s a Catholic I find it offensive to see Barrett’s extremist beliefs equated with Catholicism or the views of American Catholics. We support a woman’s right to choose in most circumstances. An overwhelming majority support contraception, and Catholics are slightly more likely to back marriage equality than other Americans. Most American Catholics support parity in gender relations, and reject the notion that the man is the “head” of the family ....

Also as a Catholic, I find it hard to square Barrett’s conservative morality with her decision to accept a nomination from a thrice-married adulterer credibly accused of sexual harassment or assault by between one and two dozen women. I also question the morality and the judicial integrity of anyone who would agree to be nominated by someone who has all but said he expects the Supreme Court to weigh in on his side in the case of election “fraud.” If Barrett won’t recuse herself on the issues of abortion or, now, apparently, the death penalty, she should be required to recuse herself if the matter of Trump’s presidency comes before her as a justice. I doubt that she’d do that, but Democrats should grill her on that moral question just the same.