[sinkspur]

"I think he handled it brilliantly," the archbishop said. "Conservatives could appreciate that he accepted the authority of the church, and liberal Catholics could respect the fact that he stood by his convictions."

Can you make sense of this mess?

[MHGinTN]

Sounds alot like echoing flip flops, don'tcha know.

[stands2reason]

This is what I'm picking up ---

"You're bad!!"

"Nuh -uh! Am not!"

"I wasn't talking about YOU, just some other guys doing the same thing.

Although, since you now stand up for yourself, you're good! So we both win!"

[Notwithstanding]

I think the Archbishop (as well as many of us) are delighted (sad that something like this delights us) that a "Catholic" public figure who rejects Church teaching is actually trying to follow the rules to the extent his conscience (however poorly formed it may be) allows.

By this I mean that Gov. McGreevey, rather than foisting himself upon us as a "Catholic in good standing", is publicly acknowledging that he is not in good standing with the ranking Catholic authority of NJ (the Archbishop of Newark).

While his position on abortion is sinister (and commone for "Catholic" politicians), his candor in admitting his lack of good standing is extremely unususal.

This is very refreshing (again, sad that things are so bad that something so pathetic is refreshing).