The Catholic Bishop of Calgary stated on a radio program this week that if it were up to him Prime Minister Paul Martin would be excommunicated because of his government's upcoming same sex marriage legislation. Strangely I've heard no indication of the Catholic Church considering excommunicating those of its clergy convicted in various sex abuse scandals in recent years. You'd think abusing people and bringing harm to the public image of the Catholic Church would be an appropriate reason to excommunicate someone.