Well, a Catholic pastor can’t tell them to ignore Rome. I’m not saying some “liberals” won’t, but I doubt that many would be willing to go on record with that statement. You know if Fat Teddy or Granma Nancy got “permission” from their pastors, they’d be out there announcing it, and I don’t think they have the nerve to flout Rome like that.
I think this time there would be serious repercussions from Rome. It’s going to take awhile, mostly because the bishops in this country, with only a few exceptions, are outright cowards, and they’re the ones responsible for enforcing it. Unfortunately, they’re scared of the Dems, scared of their clergy, scared of Sister Snowflake, and they don’t want to look uncool. If the pressure keeps up, however, I think they’re just going to have to do their jobs.
Course they wouldn’t go on record & it would look more like, “keep your heads down & do what you’re gonna do.” Public scandal is treated differently than private sin. These politicians took their public scandal to a higher level by making the statement they did. If they stand their ground & Rome is forced to dicipline them, I only hope that Rome also goes after anyone inside of the Church that has enabled them.
“scared of Sister Snowflake”
When I was a kid, there were no “Sister Snowflakes”... but we did have a Sister Domitilla and we were scared to death of her! :)