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There would be nothing more confusing than seeing a married priest at the pulpit, IMO, consecrating the host. Just even thinking about it, makes me a little queasy.

I can understand how you'd get queasy seeing a priest consecrating the Host at the pulpit, rather than on the altar where It belongs. ;-)

Seriously: get thee to San Antonio, TX, on a weekend, and attend "Solemn High Mass according to Anglican Use Rite I" at Our Lady of the Atonement Anglican Use Catholic Church, celebrated by Fr. Phillips (a married man with [many] kids), and see how queasy you feel afterwards. (Now go easy on the Mexican food the night before -- this is a theological experiment, not a culinary one!)

I have $5 that says you'll say things like, "Why can't all Catholic churches be like this one?" and "How hard would it be to move my family here?" and "Know any good realtors in San Antonio?"

They celebrate the TLM there, also.

(In the interest of full disclosure, Fr. Phillips is IMO utterly orthodox and 100% in favor of a celibate priesthood. He recognizes his own situation as a gracious exception on the part of Holy Mother Church.)

O.L. of the Atonement website

Or -- not quite the same, but -- you can visit my parish next Sunday, where we'll be doing a Novus Ordo with Latin propers & ordinary sung by a Schola in Gregorian chant, smells, bells, etc. Afterwards, you can greet the celebrant priest (a former Episcopalian), and his wife, too. :-)

I know there are good married priests; the Eastern Rite has many. I've met a few, but the last couple of posts that went up on men who are becoming priests [the men] didn't strike me as really strong in their faith (however, that could be the fault of a poorly written article).

Now I already corrected myself on the pulpit=altar IMMEDIATELY after my commentary, so to make fun of me on that point is just nasty, not funny, and then to hit me again with the "Mexican food" comment (not to mention the whole condescending tone of your commentary), well what's that all about? No wonder the Protestants get upset with some of the Catholics on Free Republic ...