What Mr. Gehring saw, although he will never admit it, were people who disagree with him (and me) on the interpretation of Catholic teaching and its implementation. It has been the constant position of NCR that people who disagree are entitled to a place at the table without being demonized -- a precedent set rather early by the decision to include not one, but four gospels that portray Jesus' life and teaching in different lights. The idea that people who disagree with us are hypocrites is one of the most sophomoric ideas possible.