I know it's heresy on The Fray to question you, but I would point out that you gave quite a diatribe there! Bravo!

I would agree that the main problem with Ms. Quinn's situation was the way she wrote about it.

That would seem to me to be the main problem with the Catholic writers as well - they way they write about it.

I think that the vast majority of the 56 million Catholics worldwide do not "look around for non-Catholics trying to steal a few crumbs from the Lord's table."

I submit that the vast majority of those Catholics are humbly bowed in prayer and deeply involved in their own spiritual lives. A few loud-mouth writers don't necessarily speak for the whole kit and kaboodle of Catholic people. Just as I'm sure Ms. Quinn doesn't speak for everyone who mourns Tim Russert, or who experiences questions and feelings about various religious issues.

You are an excellent writer. I'm sorry you felt the need to condemn 56 million people because a few snarky writers got offended at Sally Quinn's reference to the host as "nauseating."