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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