I agree.  Bringing up Sirico's past sexual history in the beginning of this article came across as an intentional setting of the stage to underscore the 'non Catholicity' of Sirico's arguments.  It most certainly violates the commenting code we are supposed to honor.

As to the topic, libertarianism is not much more than an organized justification for personal elitism.  Hence, I'm sure it plays very well in Napa Valley.  Catholicism also has a history of creating it's own libertarian elitists. It's also called clericalism.