It's great that many Catholics support the very important right of same-sex marriage. Although the leaders of the Catholic Church keep spewing their intolerance, their message is not correct and is why the Catholics who support LGBT rights have a correct view of it. With New York and New Jersey's high Catholic population, it does seem very likely that those states will recognize same-sex marriage in a few years, along with Rhode Island.

Protestants in general should recognize that Catholics (as human beings in the United States) are NOT stupid or intimidated by fraudulent teachings of the Catholic hierarchy.  For instance a large majority of Catholic families practice some form of birth control because they recognize that unrestrained procreation is a sure route to abject poverty.  Many Catholics in the United States recognize quite clearly that their religion as a "state supported" religion in Europe is an extremely weak position for any religion to be based upon.  Therefore, they support civil rights and a distinction between church and state.   Some U. S. Catholics might support their church's definition or even control of the rules of marriage but almost none would support their church's control of divorce.  Interesting dichotomy, huh?

The hierarchy of the RCC is revealing itself more and more as being out of touch with the reality of the human condition. Clueless.

The **real** needs of **real** people are shunted aside for the same tired old theology: To the bishops and above, it's the afterlife that matters; it's the rites that matter; it's the pedagogy that matters.

Since the revelation that it has been official Vatican policy to cover up sex-abuse (since the early 1960s!) the church has lost any moral authority it may once have attached to or had claimed for itself.

The only value the church has is in its local priests and nuns - all of whom are enduring a witch hunt. The hierarchy cannot admit its own shortcomings, so they seek to pin the blame of their sins on those who are "on the ground".

It will take hundreds of years for the chuch to fade away - but I truly believe that we have witnessed the beginning of the end for its tawdry misogynistic heads-up-the-ass leadership.

I notice the comments are coming from people who have no real understanding of the Catholic Faith. Insults, false accusations, dramatic emphases...none of these things touch the truth of this matter.  The truth of the matter is that there is no way the Catholic Church will follow in the footsteps of the offspring of the Protestant 'Reformation.'  Thanks be to God!  If there are persons out there who alledge that they are catholics but who deny the solemn teachings of the Church and agree with the folks commenting here that the leadership of the Church is out of touch, they are the ones who ought to consider more hospitable territory, maybe with the Episcopals.  If they think that they will stay and eventually undermine the Church's Sacred Tradition and Her Apostolic Teaching, they are wrong.  At some point God will supply those holy persons to rise to the defense of the Church.  I dare say that there are many millions awakening. Awake, you sleepers, Arise and put on Christ.

Sorry, no Catholic supports 'gay marriage'. Why? I am not a Jevohovah Witness because I don't believe what they believe. One may profess to be a Catholic, one may even go to church and pretend to be a catholic, but if one does not believe what the Catholic church teaches then by definition one is not Catholic because rightly or wrongly they have changed the teachings to suit themselves. I may not be a Catholic but I can respect the right of the Church to govern it's membership. The Church was founded to change it's membership, the members did not created to change the Church. They did not join the Church to change her, and if they did they were deceptive from the start. To call oneself one thing while proclaiming another is self delusion at best.