More anti-Catholicism in San Francisco

What makes it especially bad is that in San Francisco, it's the local government doing the persecuting:

The San Francisco Chronicle ran a story today on San Francisco City Assessor Phil Ting's attempt to squeeze millions from the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco in the form of Real Estate Transfer Tax. The unprecedented action is looking a lot like payback against the archdiocese for its support of Proposition 8.

.... The City government has a history anti-Catholicism which has only become more strident, and politically advantageous, since the passage of Proposition 8. Mayor Gavin Newsom excoriated the Catholic Church and the archdiocese during a tirade at what was supposed to be a Mayor's Prayer Breakfast with religious leaders, including Archbishop Niederauer. The Mayor, according to reports, got a standing ovation.

... Any clear-eyed observer might view this action by Ting, who's rumored to want the Mayor's chair after Newsom, as pandering to the anti-Catholic sentiment of voters in San Francisco.

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I'd be interested to hear what the Archdiocese has to say. If they want support, they should ask for it.