text: My God, LoL, the person just died; his/her family is grieving; good memories are being shared; a Catholic funeral was sincerely wanted; pain and tears can be assuaged; and God--far above even the bishop's pay grade--has already made a judgment about the deceased's eternal soul.
  
  The family just wants a funeral and an honest obituary. How trendy. 
  
  But the bishop wants to do what all loving shepherds and compassionate pastors should do at a time like this--he wants to draw the line! So is it not the bishop who is using a family's grief and a dead person's good name to make a point? Hubris or the "Joy of Loving"?
  
  Even after we die, it's the bishop who calls the shots? I hear God saying, "Hey, Morlino, that's MY call"? 
  
  This is what happens when clericalism and legalism unite to rid the Church of ambiguity and confusion through Rulebook Religion.  
  
  It's time for other bishops to challenge this rigid--yes, I said RIGID--enforcement that, in itself, gives scandal. Very public scandal.