Pope pans prissy priests; says he's a transvestite not a queer.

I don't care what rules a private religious institution sets for itself. Let them exclude as many people as they choose. If people don't like it, let them split from the church and start their own. It has been done before.

The Klan excludes Catholics, the Nazis exclude Jews, and the NBA excludes women. No one seems be shocked at them. They have that right.

I don't mean to say the Pope is in any way shape or form a Nazi or NBA player, but the juxtaposition sort of leads the reader to that implication. The same is true about such a draconian crackdown by the Vatican after the pedophilia scandals. Although they dress alike, the Pope isn't a Klansman, and gays aren't pedophiles. But then, what could he possibly know about sex and sexuality anyway.

Still, I don't care. I only see all this reducing the number of priests and damaging their credibility. After all, they don't seem to care if the seminarians have lied, stolen or murdered in the past 3 years. It isn't a call for a more moral priesthood. It's a call for an all hetero priesthood that doesn't have sex at all.

What I do care about is if they carry this prejudice into the public arena, or actively interfere with me leading my own non catholic life. I don't try to prevent the Pope from wearing a beanie and a dress; I expect the same respect for my own idiosyncracies.

As long as they don't start burning witches, beating astronomers or inquisiting infidels, I just don't care. It's none of my business.