Bar kicks out Catholic group for being "too controversial"

I've just learned that Denver's version of "Theology on Tap" has been banned from a bar not far from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception downtown for being "too controversial."

Bishop James Conley, a friend of mine, spoke to about 300 people in a closed-off room at Stoney’s Bar and Grill on the topic “Atheocracy and the Battle for Religious Liberty in America.” I'm sure it addressed the Obama administration's attempts to force Catholic businesses to pay for insurance coverage of contraception and sterilization - both of which the Catholic Church has long opposed.

Apparently, at least one patron shouted profanities at Conley and the group, even though he was not in the group listening to Conley's presentation ---- and likely never heard a word of it from where he was sitting.

It strikes me as a reflection of the rising hostility the Church faces for standing behind long-held beliefs.