[GirlShortstop]

I am irritated when people say they think we should "loosen/open up". What about the people in the pews that are okay with the rules??? Are we to change because someone doesn't like what we have accepted?

hilaryrhymeswithrich, the "loosen up" crowd really doesn't have any LOGIC behind what they cry, do they?  Their bellyaching is unreasonable in at least two ways:  disobedience (ain't gonna cut it!), and the "track record" to support an approach like theirs would not point to one of "loosening up" having been significantly successful.  Of course, if "success" is measured in non-Catholic terms, well, then, maybe...  I'll definitely leave that to someone else.  :-)

[hilaryrhymeswithrich]

You hit that one right out of the ballpark!