That's the way, Jim, don't hide your ignorance under a basket, let it shine forth!
They are heterodox, heretics, whatever you want to call them, the point is they are in direct opposition to and denial of the Catholic faith they claim to hold.
But I'm sure you know that and you are just making a point to attack Catholics on FR. Nice guy.
I'm not attacking any Catholics, most especially those on FR.
But the truth is that the Catholic Senators I cited are recognized and celebrated in their communities as Catholics, are returned to office over and over again by large Catholic majorities, and as much as you and others say "they aren't real Catholics", if they weren't, they'd be tossed out.
It's not as if they were Unitarians-if their bishop declared them out of communion with him, they would not be real Catholics, but since no bishop has done this, I challenge your assertion that they are not real Catholics.
When the Church, not you, puts them out, they will cease to be real Catholics, until then, they're as real as real can be.