To be fair, he does get some things right -- apart from that one glaring exception. He did crack down on that nun who donned vestments and performed a baptism to the delectation of the media and got horrible press on it. He did refuse to permit (I think it was) a rice communion wafer for the gluten-intolerant little girl who was scheduled to make First Communion and got horrible press for it; he recommended that she be allowed to receive under the species of wine.
(In the latter case, of course, he had no authority to allow any such thing; anyway, no one seemed to point out that the little girl was going to feel different because she is different, and many children -- sadly -- are different in far more tragic ways. I wondered if when she's a bit older and her friends want to go out for pizza or burgers, her parents are going to insist that Papa Gino's and McDonald's provide rice-based alternatives! Sorry if that's off-topic -- I've wanted to point it out for a long time!)
It's funny. Since this brouhaha I've been diagnosed with the same disease (celiac disease). And you know what? I go up and receive under the species of wine. And you know what? I don't give a flying fig and neither does anyone else. Law should have said, "See you later, and don't let the door hit you on your way out." Sheesh.