The Last Acceptable Prejudice

Today on "The View" Rosie O'Donnell declared that membership in the Roman Catholic church disqualifies one for service on the US Supreme Court ("because of separation of church and state"). Her bizarre ultra-left-wing rantings have become an embarrassment to herself, to ABC TV, and to the Disney Corporation. How long she's allowed to continue remains to be seen.

But, and this is crucial, her attack on Catholicism, and Christianity in general, won't be the cause of her downfall. See, in the United States of America, in the year of our Lord 2007, it's perfectly alright to attack the Catholic Church. Had O'Donnell's comments been directed toward gays, or African-Americans, or Muslims, or any number of other groups, the cries for her firing would be burning up the airwaves and cyberspace. Given some of the comments of the last few days, it seems that even college student/mass murders must be given a certain amount of respect. But Holy Mother Church is fair game.

How long are we going to put up with it? What does it take to make Catholics mad enough to stand up? Enough is enough.

The following editorial "cartoon" appeared in the Philadelphia Enquirer. It looks like Cardinal Rigali has his hands full.