[NYer]

If a person has a way of life which is against the major Commandments, and makes a boast of it, then the person is in a state which is publicly sinful. It is he who has disqualified himself, not the priest or the bishop. He should not go to communion, until his life should be in line with the Gospel.

Someone want to send this memo to John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, to name only two.

[livius]

Suppose somebody voted for the killing of all the members of the House of Representatives, 'for all of you being killed. I call that pro-choice. Moreover, I am going to receive Holy Communion next Sunday.'

Great analogy! I hope phrasing it this way makes some politician somewhere actually stop and think about the implications of his position.