Your Asshat of the Week: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops/Catholic Diocese of Washington D.C.

Our asshat nominees this time out included a Newsweek reporter, a major league football team, a conservative radio show host, and that gaggle of Catholic bishops who issued a pastoral letter which among other things claimed that gay marriage "harms the intrinsic dignity of every human person and the common good of society." Oh yeah, also the D.C. Catholic Diocese threatened to discontinue church-sponsored charities for the homeless if gay marriage was passed in D.C.

What a swell bunch of guys, and needless to say they won this week's asshat contest.

In the immortal words of Marlene Dietrich: "Darling, love the hat but your handbag's on fire."

[*Correction - as Smartypants points out in the comments - the quote above is from Tallulah Bankhead and the exact wording seems to be, "Darling, I love your gown but your purse is on fire."]

Results after the break.

Here are the voting results for this week's poll:

Because of the Thanksgiving break Asshat Smackdown will be taking a week off. Editor Michael Jensen will be back with a new selection of nominees in the Friday, December 4th Best Gay Week Ever column.