And it turns out the MSM thinks this speculation is newsworthy<\/a>\u00a0and not ridiculous. Calling Sullivan a \u201cCatholic blogger\u201d is about as sensible as calling a celibate man \u201cgay\u201d.\u00a0 Sullivan is \u201cCatholic\u201d in the sense that he has never actually formally rejected his baptism and still retains a sort of tribal identity as a Catholic who never goes to Mass and largely hates the Church.\u00a0 Calling him a \u201cCatholic blogger\u201d is like calling Trotsky a \u201cdevout Jew\u201d.\u00a0 Give me a break.\u00a0 It would be far more accurate to say \u201cgay blogger with deep loathing for Benedict accuses him of being gay\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2026and it turns out this Leading Catholic Blogger thinks, on the basis of his own obsessions, that Benedict is gay.\u00a0 And it turns out the MSM thinks this speculation is newsworthy\u00a0and not ridiculous. Calling Sullivan a \u201cCatholic blogger\u201d is about as sensible as calling a celibate man \u201cgay\u201d.\u00a0 Sullivan is \u201cCatholic\u201d in the sense that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[82],"class_list":["post-42447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-take-off-50-iq-points-when-the-msm-covers-religion"],"yoast_head":"\n
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