Talk:polyester Protestant

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After creating this entry, I have found an older usage in a blog in the United States dating back to 2011, so the origin of the phrase and its wider meaning outside Ireland are unclear. Citation from the blog by a man in Manhattan, Kansas: "I grew up a suburban, mainstream, polyester Protestant." It seems this man's family left Catholicism for Methodism, so perhaps "polyester Protestant" has the same meaning in the U.S., and may even have been coined there. O'Dea (talk) 15:10, 22 October 2013 (UTC)Reply