E pluribus unum

The Vatican is probably going to firm up its doctrine forbidding even celibate gay men to be ordained, and this New York Times article describes the anguish of gay priests and seminarians in response. "I always feel like I'm 'less than,'" says one gay priest. "I feel like a Jew in Berlin in the 1930's," says another.

I sympathize, but I must say that my reaction to gay Catholic priests and seminarians who feel betrayed and marginalized is much like my reaction to gay Republicans who feel betrayed and marginalized: in your heart of hearts, can you honestly say you're surprised?