The Washington Post news pages once off-handedly described evangelical Christians as “poor, uneducated, and easy to command.” The Post’s religion writer finds “worrisome” the “fecundity” of religious politicians with too many kids. And, now we learn that at least one news reporter covering gay marriage considers Catholic teaching on marriage — and the teaching of most world religions — to be the moral equivalent of racism.

Mollie Hemingway at Get Religion has a good response that brought my attention to a very interesting aspect of this ombudsman piece. Here’s how Patrick Pexton, the ombudsman, explains the Post’s clear partiality against traditional teachings on marriage:

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