Except that, you know, the Vatican doesn't currently KILL people who disagree with them.
and added: "I can bear excommunication. I was raised as a Catholic, I share Catholic values, but I am able to make my own judgment on some issues and I do not need to be told by the Church what to do or to think."
This poor guy sounds like he hasn't been Catholic for a very long time.
I can image a practicing Catholic that says he could bear excommunication.
When he was talking about getting Catholic Charities out of the Adoption business MA Senate President Travaligni said that "we can't let the Vatican act like a Theocracy." Ah, brains.
And he's a Knight of Columbus?
Yeah, but they sure did.