In May, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, went ballistic after Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed the long-standing church doctrine that pro-choice Catholic legislators have excommunicated themselves and therefore may be denied Communion at Mass. "Religious sanction in the political arena directly conflicts with our fundamental beliefs about the role of democratic representatives in a pluralistic America," Rep. DeLauro and 17 other Catholic House Democrats said in a news release. "(I)t clashes with freedoms guaranteed in our Constitution." We found nothing remotely resembling that in our copies of the founding documents, but her denunciation of the pope was in keeping with the...