The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 49
No Danger From the Pope
No Danger From the Pope.
Another incorrect statement is, that to allow parental rights, as demanded by the natural, the divine, and the common law, is to hand over the country to the Pope and the Catholic Church. When the bigots of the country will permit the Government to deal with its citizens, the parents of the children, as equity and justice require, the liberties of the Republic will meet no danger from the Catholic Church, or the Pope. It is this bugbear of "popery," which bewilders and frightens people.