...and need not be obeyed.  The sad thing is that Catholic politicians have not had the courage to correct these bishops on why Roe is not going away, at least not by repeal, that doing so would repeal most privacy law.  While the bishops would love to return to rule by a Catholic mob at the state level, most of us would not.

This goes to the big dissent and obedience argument.  It is not contraception and marital chastity, the sense of the faithful has already rejected that and we are not leaving.  There will be no small faithful remnant that dotes on every word asexual Catholic bishops speak.  Like any dysfunctional organization, we simply ignore the powers that be.

The big argument is about elections.  The bishops long for the day that they can speak from the pulpit and be obeyed in the voting booth.  Sadly, this happened this year and we got King Donald the Idiot.  It did not happen with Obama, who wisely listened to those who said to attack the movement rather than debate the...