Catholic Contrast and Perception

Three out of four Irish who identified themselves as Catholics find the church's teaching on sexuality "irrelevant" Probably not as high among self identified Catholics in the USA but I'd still bet it's a majority.

Now contrast that with this:

"The ad hoc committee opened its statement with several 'concrete examples' of recent threats to religious liberty, saying that 'this is not a theological or legal dispute without real-world consequences.'"

Consequences indeed. I think this sort of disconnect between leadership and flock is why both continue to shrink.