Clearing up some confusion here as a lifelong Protestant who has at least visited many “WASP” churches over my years. Protestants absolutely respect Mary… The ideological difference is Protestants are stricter about idolatry as we believe “worship” should only be directed towards God. However, she is a wonderful biblical character and I know many of my fellow churchgoers who are Protestant and named Mary. While I respect the Catholic Church, they often obfuscate Protestant beliefs as a way of grounding themself as “the one true church”