Catholic Ousting

I see that while the state of Massachusetts is getting ready to wed gay couples in a few months, the Catholic Church is getting ready as well. This from Yahoo! News:

Meanwhile, the Catholic Church is taking steps geared toward ousting lawmakers who support the rights of same-sex couples to marry.

The church has launched its first statewide voter registration drive, designed partly to send thousands of new Catholic voters to the polls this fall to vote against pro-gay legislators.

About two-thirds of legislators are Catholic, but the majority of them are not following official church doctrine, which opposes both gay marriage and civil unions. A majority of lawmakers favor an amendment that would allow civil unions.

One would think this is rather ridiculous. Perhaps the catholic church should have spend more time ousting pedophiles instead of excommunicating people who support equality. In my mind this is akin to the church ousting people who freed slaves or something. It's also rather interesting that the gay/gay-supportive community is working on being able to unite people while the church is ousting people. Interesting.. Oh well, no need for me to judge... history will tell, and I certainly won't forget.

(Source: Massachusetts prepares for gays to marry)