Anti gay-marriage atheist??

[Javaman]

I'm sorry to harp, but how do you believe in the sanctity of the church if you don't think everything they do is sacred? Isn't that part of the point?

And herein lies the rub: when well-meaning Catholics drop some money into the collection plate as it's passed around at Sunday Mass, a percentage of the money every-well meaning Catholic contributes may be used to further a cause said Catholic is not actually in favour of.

To be more specific, when CL and other Catholics give money to the RCC, they need to understand that they are effectively funding its anti-SSM and anti-IVF efforts, not to mention they are subsidizing the RCC's penalties for shielding pedophiles.

If an individual Catholic disagrees with the way the RCC is spending money, it seems to me that the only rational action to take is to stop giving them money until they change their ways.

ETA: Personally, I refuse to give money to organizations that act in ways I consider to be immoral and unethical. For example, I never give any money to the Salvation Army because of their homophobic and discriminatory views. Fortunately, there's always a secular alternative.