The Mainline Protestant churches have been taken over by Democrats at the highest levels. They are pro-choice and in favor of gay marriage and gay pastors. Most of them even get abortion coverage in their medical plans.
The liberal media has no problem with the Mainline churches and often attends them because they agree with their policies.
Conservatives have left those denominations in huge numbers and have gravitated to the evangelical denominations, which are pro-life and against gay marriage and gay pastors.
The mainstream media despises evangelicals, mocks them, and revels in the misery of any pastor who has been arrested or disgraced.
It is a good thing when pastors who are sexual predators in any denomination are prosecuted.
Here are some eye-opening statistics, thanks to Daniel1212, regarding just who is liberal and who is not...
56% of Catholics believe that sexual relations between two adults of the same gender is not a sin. 2011 Public Religion Research Institute http://www.publicreligion.org/research/?id=509 http://www.publicreligion.org/objects/uploads/40/Catholics_and_LGBT_issues_2010_FINAL.pdf
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39% Catholics say homosexual behavior is morally wrong, versus 76% of white evangelicals and 66% of black Protestants. ^
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52% of black Protestants and 58% of white evangelical Protestants oppose any form of legal recognition for same-sex couples.^
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74% of Catholics agree that homosexual relationships should be accepted by society. (Among the general public 62% say that gay and lesbian relationships should be accepted by society.) ^
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69% of Catholics disagree that homosexual orientation can be changed, versus 23% who believe that they can change. ^
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43% of Catholics favor allowing homosexual people to marry — 71% if this would be a civil marriage “like you get at city hall” (versus in a church) — while 31% of Catholics favor allowing them to form civil unions, with 22% holding there should be no legal recognition of a homosexual couple’s relationship. Catholic support of legal recognition of homosexual relationships is higher than members of any other Christian tradition polled, and of Americans overall. ^
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Without distinguishing what kind of marriage, 53% of Catholics overall affirm that homosexual couples should be allowed to marry. ^
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27% of Catholics who attend church services regularly say their clergy speak about the issue of homosexuality, with 63% of this group saying the messages they hear are negative. ^
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Only 26% of Catholics who attend services weekly or more favor allowing homosexual people to marry, compared to 43% of Catholics who attend once or twice a month, and 59% of Catholics who attend a few times a year or less. Only 20% of Catholics reported attending mass only once or twice a month. ^
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Only 31% of weekly attenders say there should be no legal recognition for a gay couples relationship. ^
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73% of Catholics favor laws that would protect homosexual people against discrimination in the workplace. ^
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63% of Catholics favor allowing gay and lesbian people to serve openly in the military, while 60% favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to adopt children. ^
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48% of white evangelical Protestants oppose letting homosexuals serve openly in the military, with 34% supporting this proposal, versus 63% of Catholics (66% of white) supporting and 23% opposing. Pew forum, November 29, 2010, http://pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Issues/Gay_Marriage_and_Homosexuality/gays%20in%20military%20full%20report.pdf
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White evangelicals are most satisfied with their church’s handling of homosexuality, with 75 percent giving it an `A’ or a `B.’ Catholics are the most critical, with nearly a third — twice as many as any other group — giving their church a `D’ or `F.’ Oct. 2010 Poll sponsored by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Religion News Service. http://thepulpit.freedomblogging.com/2010/10/22/survey-links-gay-bullying-to-religion/7682/
Thirty-one percent of Catholics called celibacy a major factor leading to sexual abuse, while another 28 percent called it a minor factor. Thirty-five percent said celibacy did not play a part in the abuse.
Thirty percent, meanwhile, said homosexuality played a major role. An additional 23 percent said it played a minor role. Thirty-seven percent said it was not a factor. http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/poll_catholics_050410_2pm.pdf
I’m Catholic and I totally agree with your post.