Four Catholics and a Jew

I was reading this article in the Tennessean entitled, Churches of Christ drop isolationist view, work with other faiths. It's a good article but that particular discussion is tiresome for me. I'm ready to move on.

However, there was a comment left on the article that said the following:

"Catholics are pretty much as far to the outside in the South as Jews are."

It's an observation shared by many. In fact, Frank McGuire the men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina from 1953-1961 realized the difficulty his team would face in the South when he recruited five boys from the New York area to play ball. They were four Catholics and a Jew.

That team went on to play a perfect season in 1957 with a record of 32-0. I'm sure that story could be used as a lesson metaphor as it relates to isolationist views in religion. Any ideas? You be the teacher.

Source: Light Blue Reign.