Americans for gay rights

From The New York Times Sunday:

Last month, the Public Religion Research Institute, a nonprofit group, reported that 74 percent of American Catholics surveyed supported the rights of same-sex couples to marry or form civil unions (43 percent and 31 percent, respectively). The telephone survey asked more than 3,000 adults to choose among three options: whether gay couples should be allowed to marry, should be allowed to form civil unions or should receive no legal recognition. By comparison, 16 percent of white evangelical Christians approved of same-sex marriages; 24 percent approved of civil unions. Among the general public, those rates climb to 37 and 27 percent, respectively — still lower than among Catholics.

And okay, that's the good news.

But my question is, who really, ultimately cares what Catholics think about gays, gay rights and equality for same-sex couples when they aren't even for equality for women?

I mean, come on.

Does this make sense?

Do we really need to care what these people think?

Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/fashion/24Noticed.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=For+Catholics%2C+Open+attitudes+on+Gay+Issues&st=nyt