Not only did I go to Catholic school, but I also graduated from a Catholic Seminary and worked in parish ministry for many years, so my faith education/formation is more in-depth than average. Nonetheless, like the actress the bishop mocks, I too have left the church in order to preserve my faith.

Posts from Archbishop Dolan like this one–and those in which he rails against President Obama and for The Catholic League–further contribute to the alienation so many of us former Catholics feel.

Mr. Corral, the Obama healthcare law is what will result in the deaths of more babies, children and seniors! The current health care system in the Unites States stinks (we probably both agree on that). Over the past half century or so it seems to have been getting worse and worse. However, bright spots have been medical science, technology and pharmaceuticals. (Yeah, that last one could be a negative depending on how one looks at it, but in general lives are saved or prolonged.)

Even without abortion funding, this law would wreak havoc on family and public finances so that private health insurance would eventually be out-of-business. Everyone, except the rich, connected and Congress, would be forced into a lowest-common-denominator government run health system with shoddy service, bottom-barrel quality and deadly wait times.

Archbishop Dolan is spot-on when he opposes the Obama law. A question or two for you, Mr Corral: Why won’t the Congress, made up of so many Catholic Democrats, eliminate abortion funding? Why won’t all the Democrats fight for the sanctity of life from conception to natural death? It’s such a no-brainer, right. Instead they constantly push abortion to the detriment of everyone.