Smith was a devout Catholic, but his struggles against religious bigotry were often misinterpreted when he fought the religiously inspired Protestant morality imposed by prohibitionists.
スミスは敬虔なカトリック教徒だったが、宗教的偏見に対するその戦いは、禁酒法で課せられたプロテスタントの宗教的道徳と戦った時にしばしば誤解された。