As a devout atheist (irony intended), I would offer the following advice. It will do neither you nor the church any good to simply withhold money from one Church cause while giving to another. The Catholic Church is a multi-national conglomerate and can move money better than JP Morgan/Chase.

You want to have an impact on the doctrine? Organize. Grass roots. Get someone in every parish to start working the crowd. Get a facebook page up and running and be committed to it for at least 2years. In that time, plan - pick one day - a major Sunday and coordinate a wwithholding of funds. Have people drop letters in the collection plate instead. If there is a wide enough impact, it will send a message and maybe, just maybe, the church will think about it. If you dare, sign your name to the letter, but don't be surprised if a few of you get excommunicated. My Mom was because she was a good Catholic.

Here's the story that the media either misses or ignores: conservative parishes are in much better shape, in terms of finances and attendance, than are the liberal parishes.

Sartain knows that. He sees the weekly offerings.

Catholics want a return to the traditional church and are leaving the parishes that won't give them what they want. Sartain is giving the parishioners what they want.

The Stranger, understandably, refuses to believe this but that's par for the course.

You all realize the nuns are part of the problem, don't you? First, without their existence and cooperation the church couldn't function. Second, as in all families where there has been child abuse, the abuse couldn't have gone on without the mothers' (the nuns) knowledge and tacit approval (if not without their express approval). Finally, I married a woman who went to cahtolic grade school, and I know a lot of other peorple who went to catholic schools as well. They all tell terrible stories about the physical and emotional abuse imposed on them by the nuns. So I have no sympathy for any of the actors in this particular passion play.

So you say you're Catholic but don't agree with Catholic doctrine. Isn't that like saying "I'm vegetarian, but I believe eating meat is okay, so change the definition of vegetarianism to accommodate me"?