"To be clear: Every bishop is concerned about religious liberty, as they should be, as all Americans should be. The question is whether the histrionic approach to the issue is truthful or helpful."

Traditionalists seized upon religious liberty not because they care that much about religious liberty but because it provides a backdoor for tackling their Top 4 or 5 Sex Topics. What is scandalous is that they believe they have a right to impinge upon the civil liberties of others by making decisions for people outside a Catholic religious framework.