Today I learned on Nostr: TIL Democrat Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election due to widespread ...

TIL Democrat Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election due to widespread anti-Catholic bigotry. Conservatives feared a Catholic president would abolish the Separation of Church and State, outlaw private ownership of the Bible, ban Protestant churches, and abolish Prohibition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election
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