The letter to the editor "Church shouldn't control politicians" last Tuesday missed the point.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., can legislate any way she wishes in Congress. What she cannot do without reprimand from her bishop, though, is take public stances directly anathema to long-standing Catholic dogma and simultaneously proclaim herself a faithful Catholic.
This is what sentient human beings call “hypocrisy.”
The Catholic Church is an entirely voluntary organization. Nothing compels Speaker Pelosi to remain a member. Likewise, the Catholic Church has a constitutionally protected right to decide for itself who is a member in good standing and who is not.
Joseph T. Leone, Brooklyn
