Bittersweet Irony

This was in the Boston Globe today.

The artcile is: Churches Oppose Bill on Disclosure
The URL is here

The line which is priceless is:

''Many churches have deep historical memories of an experience of undue influence by the state in the affairs of the church, and thus many churches are wary of giving the state unnecessarily intrusive powers over their internal workings," said the Rev. Diane C. Kessler, executive director of the [Massachusetts Council of Churches].

Ahh, irony.