text: This is a very timely editorial. I have been coming to this site for several years now an I am sad that the tone of the comments have changed. It used to be a place where ideas could be discussed and exchanged.
  There is almost a cult like mentality among some commentors, to disagree means you are not a good Catholic, or even a Catholic at all. To have a discussion about what is written inevitably disintegrates  into  who is Catholic and who is not. I stopped commenting for a while because I found myself drawn into the nastiness. Recently there were 2 disgusting comments about Fr. Martin. Who could have been that angry that those vile words were OK?
  I wonder what Jesus would make of all this strife.
  He who instigated the ultimate change, starting a new church with radical thoughts and words, that were not well accepted at the time and led to his death.
  There is something wrong with a church that can't have a discussion about current concerns and vilifies people for wanting to.