[independentmind]

Is Lindh a Jewish name? I thought it was German. Whatever it's origin, there were several articles that came out within the last few weeks that discussed Lindh's Irish Catholic background. In addition, there were pictures of a family trip to Ireland, so my guess is that the family is at least partly of Irish descent.

[thucydides]

Apparently the emphasis on the catholic bit was to offset the fact that Mr. Lindh left his family in 1997 to move in with another man in a gay relationship, according to the gossip columnist in the SF Chronicle.