The next pope will not allow this stuff to happen. He will require ALL Catholics to believe and practice the faith before receiving communion. Many will leave and seek to form their own church.
I hope so. They should jump over to the Episcopalian church, at least the liberal wing of it. That is the church of their dreams and leave the rest of us alone. No orthodox or conservative Christian that I know fits into either the Republican or Democratic party perfectly. However in this day and age there is only ONE political party that would not persecute the Church and that is the Republican party - period. Anyone who would debate that is either a fool or disingenuous.
The fact that the RCC, (by this I refer to both the leaders and the individual members) basically put up with pols who legislate in ways contrary to RCC doctrine says more about the health of the church and her members than the elected officials who pass laws and or live lifestyles contrary to church teachings.