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I become more convinced that relaxing the celibacy rules would be to court even more disasters.

I know you don't mean it this way, but if you think about it; that's a real insult to the eastern rite Catholics and all married clergy! And I can tell you that many celebates treat the wives of these married priests terribly. Why?

One other thing. Why are Catholics who even entertain the thought of married priesthood treated like lepers? The Church had married bishops, priests and deacons for quite some time! The east still does.

Why are Catholics who even entertain the thought of married priesthood treated like lepers?

Well, simply because, as this article says, you are exactly wrong. You aim to fix the problem by relaxing rules. From what I've read of Catholic reform movements throughout the history of the Church, the vast majority of them moved forward with a reaffirmation of vows, or a reimposition of disciplines, not a relaxation.

We've gone through the biggest relaxation of Church discipline in history over the past 40 years (particularly in this country and Europe) and what do we have to show for it? Declining vocations and a massive scandal. You don't think the two are related? The solutions offered by the 'no celibacy' boosters seem like more of the same poison that has already wrought such terrible damage. I say enough is enough!