U.S. Catholic Latinos: Liberal on Gay Marriage?

I missed this aspect of the Public Religion Research Institute's July 21, 2010, report on “Religion and Same-Sex Marriage in California” which must be driving God's Rottweiler to distraction. Especially if Latino Catholics are the likely future for the Roman Catholic Church in America. In addition to supporting same sex marriage, the reports indicates that Latino Catholics trust gay parents more than the Church's clergy when it comes to telling the truth about homosexuality. The report also showed marked difference in the relatively liberal views of Latino Catholics versus Latinos who have been co opted into Protestant churches. I'm sure that the Nazi Pope and the other bitter old relics in desses in Rome will continue their anti-gay jihad, but long term one can only hope that by doing so, they are hastening the Church's demise. Here are some details via The Wild Reed:
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[T]he Public Religion Research Institute's July 21, 2010, report on “Religion and Same-Sex Marriage in California” found that Latino Catholics stand in sharp in contrast to many sectors of American public, especially Latino Protestants, illustrating the sharp effect of religion on Latino attitudes towards homosexuality and civil and human rights for the gay community. Regarding Latino Catholics the report, based on June 2010 polling of 3,351 California adults with oversamples for Latinos, highlights these two social dynamics:

• 57% of Latino Catholics would vote for the legalization of same-sex marriage compared to 22% of Latino Protestants.

• Latino Catholics “say they trust the parents of gay and lesbian children more than their own clergy as a source of information about homosexuality.”
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The Wild Reed Post which includes a piece by Joseph M. Palacios, Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University, goes on to note as follows:
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Recently same-sex marriage and adoption rights were legally approved in the Catholic countries of Argentina, Spain, and Portugal, as well as Mexico City. It is important to note that modern Latin Catholicism has a dual nature: it is “conservative” in the sense of family communalism and tradition that the church offers, yet it is classically “liberal” in the sense of not wanting the Catholic Church to have power in political life – particularly after the long historical experience of the Latin American Church “meddling in politics.” As Mexicans put it: “No meta en la política.” A sizeable majority of U.S. Latino Catholics shares these attitudes with them.