"We Are Not Making an Opus Dei Film. Others Are."

So says Lorenzo Minoli, producer of one of two made-for-TV biopics about Pope John Paul II currently in production. Minoli's will appear on ABC.

The other, set to appear on CBS, has the backing of Opus Dei, conservative Catholic movement which had strong ties to the late pope.

As a Lutheran, I don't have a lot in common with Opus Dei. But since when did they give up their right to free speech? And why is the movement's involvement a basis for dismissing a film?

Nowhere is the notion of political correctness, with its decided prejudices and accompanying condescension and penchant for cartoonish villainizing, more widely accepted than in the film industry.