text: There is really nothing dicey about accepting "the church's premises".
  
  If you accept them, the Church is Mother and Teacher.
  
  If you do not accept them, the "The National Catholic Reporter" becomes "The National ???? Reporter".
  
  There is no debate.
  
  It should be pretty clear where I stand; I have made it crystal clear.
  
  More perplexing is where you stand.