jon stewart's reputation will be unaffected by that sort of nonsense. joining me now is sister jeanine gramick for the national coalition of american nuns. she was also silenced by the vatican in 1999 for ministering to gays and lesbians. and jeff stone, communications director of dignity usa which advocates for justice and the lgbt community within the catholic church. jeff stone, a bishop standing in a pulpit in a mass in this country comparing president barack obama to hitler and stalin, how could that possibly happen? >> well, i think it's really kind of an act of desperation, lawrence. i think it's an example of how out of touch the church is with the lay people. you know, we see with gay issues particularly. and you refer to the parishes in