Bishops and pawns

One of my favorite writers, Andrea Verykoukis, has hit the perfect tone of righteous indignation about Catholic clergy and their support for bullying gay children. Her post is worth your time.

Tormented by visions of happy, committed homosexuals (not people, mind you, homosexuals are “outside the human ecology” according to the pope), the bishops have hiked up their skirts and waded into muddy water. I’m certain there were more “findings of fact” in those enlightened states than just anti-bullying bills. I’m sure there were long-standing strains of independent thought and commitment to individual liberties that set those places on the road to legal marriage for all their citizens. While some of us might harbor the hope that NC is on the same path, we’re hardly there yet. But gay teens are here, and they deserve protection. They don’t deserve to be held up as pawns in some crazy war against an institution that isn’t on any ballot or legislative docket anywhere in this state.