RD was defending their influence by bringing in the influence of Jesus, Peter and Paul.  I was contrasting the two.  Jesus, Peter and Paul were influential for their martyrdom, although Paul actually left behind a body of letters that are the core of the New Testament.  The Knights are a conduit of conservative cash in hopes of focusing Catholic politics on wedge issues that are essentially settled and away from Catholic Social Teaching.  I wish they would stop, but the funding says not soon, but time wounds all heals.

Have you seen Animal House? Niedermeyer would have become a Knight. These were they guys who signed up for Viet Nam and served honorably.  Their trauma has become ours in many cases, as they see the world in black and white, which it is not. They want what they want when they want it, like any baby boomers, but can't see the subtleties of argument on legal abortion and gay marriage that would let them be at peace with these issues or do something meaningful about them.