cafeteria Catholic
n.— «“Cafeteria Catholic” is one of the deadliest insults in the lexicon of people like Ann Widdecombe. It creates an image of liberals hovering over the Roman buffet, filling their plates with wholesome “justice and peace” while turning up their noses at Papal Infallibility and Marian kitsch (and, no doubt secretly supplementing their diet with the contraceptive pill).» —“A la carte Catholics confess” by Damian Thompson Telegraph (U.K.) Aug. 8, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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