[CouncilofTrent]

So? Is this a popularity contest? Why should the hierarchy trust mere surveys in making decisions within the Church? The Church isn't a democracy and it shouldn't be concerned with how the laity "accept" a particular discipline. Why not have priests have only male altar servers and encourage young men to think about their vocation?

The priesthood is a full time job that requires hours of prayer study and, of course, administering the Sacraments. Now, if you add a wife and kids to the equation, doesn't this take away time from a priest's duties?

[sinkspur]

Why should the hierarchy trust mere surveys in making decisions within the Church?

It shouldn't.

I was responding to GipperGal, who asserted that Catholics would leave the Church if married men were ordained priests.

Every indication is that they would not.