The piece goes on to describe Baylor's beliefs: "Although he is against abortion and disagrees with Boyda on that issue, he shares her views on the Iraq war and the NAFTA super highway."

I wonder if these single issue folks also join with the same folks that support creation care.

The piece goes on to shock me

"At first, he said, the Rev. Vincente Griego, rector at St. Mary's Academy, wasn't upset over the fundraiser and even called the uproar a "Phariseeical scandal."

"But the day before the fundraiser his tone had changed," Baylor said.

When he talked to Griego again, he said, "it was clear he thought I was wrong." In the course of their discussion, Baylor offered to not attend Mass anymore at the academy. He said Griego didn't argue with the suggestion.

"My interpretation was I was no longer welcome at the parish," he said.

Emphasis added.

So much for welcoming churches.... So much for freedom of belief regardless of faith or politics. So much for following the whole Bible. I just love those churches who decide to choose one thing and ignore everything else. I have to say however that while reading through St. Mary's websiteI didn't say a disclaimer that you were not welcome at the church if you had pro-choice friends or that you could only support anti-choice candidates to office.

Interestingly enough the piece goes on to address some of the controversy that has faced St. Mary's.

• March 1993: After he and 15 families of about 93 people broke away from the academy, the Rev. John Rizzo said he received a death threat from a caller who said, "If you come near us, you are a dead priest." After the threat, a $1 million life insurance policy was taken out on Rizzo.

  Rizzo was ordained a priest in the Society of St. Pius X in 1985. He left the order and St. Mary's Academy in the spring of 1993 because he felt "there was something sick or dysfunctional taking place there."

  He continued to say Mass, often in vacant downtown buildings, for anyone who wished to attend. In late March, police said someone used super glue to fill the locks of the doors at a community center where Rizzo was to say Mass for the breakaway followers.

So, when they say that they are pro-life what they mean is - haha just kidding!

• May 1995: Federal agents questioned three St. Marys residents but found no evidence linking them to the Oklahoma City federal building bombing. The FBI agents were looking for information on John Doe 2, an unidentified man thought to be involved in the bombing on April 19, 1995.

If you look in the comments that follow the piece you also see some interesting questions that the piece does not address.

1. How many St. Mary's Academy members have been prosecuted by the federal government for income tax evasion?
2. How much of the town of Belvue does the Academy own? The election of their "Pope" is mentioned in Thomas Frank's book, "What's the matter with Kansas?" Did that take place in Belvue?
3. What happened to Telecommunications Research Associates (TRA) which for a time was the biggest business in St. Marys?
4. Was the grocery store fire arson? Why has the grocery store rebuilding projected been halted short of completion?

And there are more. Honestly, this kind of thing freaks me out. This is clearly a legalized cult - which is fine I suppose, what with freedom of religion and all. But these people are not represented of the values of mainstream Catholics and that is what is bothersome.

As a Catholic I fight for the values that my God would be proud of. Forcing someone out of a church because he stands up for his values of anti-war fair trade policies is not only anti-Christian, I think its something Jesus himself pretty much would shake his head over.