Mr. Shaw [is] vehemently opposed to the thought of the Catholic Church imposing anything on anyone

I'm more than happy to have rules imposed on me by any organisation I have joined voluntarily as a consenting, informed adult. I am perfectly happy for consenting Catholics to have the Church's rules imposed on them if that's what they want (in fact, that would be none of my bloody business). I am not happy with the egregious immorality of forcing children to undergo religious instruction in schools, to be herded to church services or to be signed up to a complex mass of theology at the age of two weeks old that will later prove difficult for them to unhitch themselves from. If anyone thinks this kind of stuff is in any way "moral", well, you've lost me there.   

And Mr. Musket and Mr. Shaw appear to believe that because the Catholic Church does not have the proper stance on homosexuals or women or abortion, then it should have no right to speak on any issues whatsoever.

Are you stooping to lies now? Just yesterday in this thread I defended the right of the Church to have a voice. I complained that that voice is way too loud, considering the puny numbers of Catholic arses on Sunday morning pews. Kindly do not misrepresent me.