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		ljsprague on March 12, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The US island that speaks Elizabethan English Yes because America was formerly a Protestant country.

bobthepanda on March 12, 2025 [–]

This isn’t even strictly true; Maryland, one of the original colonies, was founded as a haven for Catholics and named after a Catholic queen.

ljsprague on March 19, 2025 | [–]

When was our first Catholic president?

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