On his website today, Andrew Sullivan says of Roman Catholic dissenters on certain matters of faith and morals, "Bottom line: I don't think such debate is faithless or un-Catholic. In fact, I think we have a duty to question our faith in order to understand and fully believe it. Those of us who have stayed in the Church despite finding its teachings about our lives incoherent, cruel and unpersuasive are no less faithful than others."

Good point. Too bad Andrew can't find it in his heart to be as charitable to those "anti-war leftists" and "fifth columnists" who dissent from the reigning political theology here on the home front. Don't misunderstand me; I think those folks are about as wrong as they can be. I just find it hard to square the eloquent statement of principle above with the vituperative rhetoric he has consistently aimed at those who have the audacity to raise questions about American policies and practices in the War on Terror.
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