re: #21 Atlas Fails

Ah geez. It sucks all the more because it’s the hierarchy, not the membership:

washingtonblade.com

U.S. Catholics are more supportive of LGBT rights, including same-sex marriage, than the general public and other Christians, according to a newly released study analyzing public opinion polls taken in 2010.

The study, conducted by the D.C.-based Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), found that nearly three-quarters of Catholics support either allowing same-sex couples to marry (43 percent) or allowing them to legalize their relationships through a civil union (31 percent).

Just 22 percent of Catholics indicated same-sex couples’ relationships should not be legally recognized, the study found.

“If marriage for gay couples is defined as a civil marriage ‘like you get at city hall,’ Catholic support for allowing gay couples to marry increases by 28 points, from 43 percent to 71 percent,” a 22-page report describing the study’s findings says.

Catholics deserve a better church leadership. I remember growing up hearing bishops call for wars on poverty, to feed the hungry. Now I just hear about them denying communion to politicians who support abortion, or saying shit about gay people.