Religion: Protesting Protestant

HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE REFORMATION, MR. CROSBY?

We are curious to know whether Hollywood has heard of the Pilgrim Fathers, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, or Thomas Jefferson. . . . We like amiable Catholic priests, mystic Bernadettes, charming nuns as well as the next man, but why this conspiracy of silence against America's Protestant tradition? . . . It is high time we have a series of pictures that portray our diverse religious traditions, including the bracing vigor of Protestant Christianity and the moral grandeur of historic Judaism.

So editorialized the February number of the Unitarian Christian Register. And many a protesting...

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