[mvpel]

Responding to Worcester City Clerk David Rushford's public statements that allowing gays and lesbians to marry is in line with church teachings on inclusivity, Worcester Bishop Robert McManus penned a ``pastoral note of clarification'' published Friday.

In line with "teachings on inclusivity," perhaps, but out of line with Article 7 of the Catholic Catechism.

[eastsider]

In line with "teachings on inclusivity," perhaps ...

I think Rushford was thinking more in terms of in line with the infamous USCCB committee document, co-authored by the now-silenced Fr. Robert Nugent, known as "Always Our Children."