I know what you’re trying to say, but I wonder if there might be a more felicitous turn of phrase for that. Tyranny of the Majority might be a good start, but I don’t think these people are the majority anyway.
Turning matters of the eternally divine into an opinion poll?
Man, I thought that was a great expression! No, I shall stick with it. On a more serious note, VOTF is a fascinating variety of folk Catholicism that ought to be studied by sociologists.
People could mistake it for a criticism of democracy in general rather than applying democracy to things that are inherently not democratic. That’s all I meant.
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