Good point.
That was overt, though - I was thinking something as covert as possible. Remember one of the popes declared the newly born elves and dwarves as 'abominations' in January 2012 yet there never seemed to be any equivalent comeback on the Vatican. At least not reported. I know, Ireland stamped on the Catholic Church in Ireland pretty bloody thoroughly, but that was localised.
It doesn't have to make sense, except within a particular mindset. That mindset seems to exist in the Sixth World.