I STILL think the whole point is being missed here.
If I wouldn’t have mentioned the SSPX, then there wouldn’t be this much controversy.
Look at the sitatuation this way:
An area is setup, and has never had any sort of restricitons to who could go in or out. The suddenly, a group of people are prevented from entering becuase ‘x’ is wrong, even though the ‘x’ has never been applied before.
Doesn’t that sound a little hypocritical? This goes beyond the SSPX.
I disagree. The issue is not the presence of people of different religions at the missions. All kinds of tourists go in and out without any fuss, and without anyone raising the issue of their religious faith or lack thereof.
The point is the performance of a public religious ritual by an organized group. If Methodists wanted to hold a wedding in one of the missions, I’m sure the Archbishop would refuse permission, because it is a Catholic church, in which only Catholic religious rituals can be held, in addition to being a historic site which any polite tourist may visit.
You appear to have the concepts confused, but I see no “hypocrisy” or even inconsistency in having a site open to any tourist, of any faith or none, but closed to non-Catholic public religious observances.