BUT....As long as they are not excommunicated, they illegitimately trade on their Catholicism for votes......
The Vatican has a Duty to God just as its followers due, nay, even moreso, as 'The more one is given, the more that is expected' the Pope has the mantle of Catholic authority, and if Boxer,Daschle, Kennedy,McGreevy etc..Keep trying to Actively push the leftist (which is it's own Man Centered Reliogion) agenda on American Society, excommunication would go a long way toward setting things right,
Or...at the very least, Ordering the American heirarchy to begin teaching Moral Doctrine from the Pulpit. In this day and age the only Churches teaching Black And White Morality for the most art, are the ones offering Tridentine Mass. Most (Not All, But most) of the rest are staffed with avowed leftists, who turn a blind eye to abortion, and the denigration of marriage.
Ok lets play that game... I'm the Pope and Bang the freaks are banished from the rail... so on Monday they are back in the congressional well passing the latest perversion of a HATE CRIME that forbids you from throwing up watching them goose each other in public...What exactly has that helped??