Looking through some of the comments in that story makes me sad. People have no idea how the church works, and instead of learning about how it does they just assume it operates the exact same as a secular liberal democracy.
The Church is lead by the Pope, the Vicar of Christ, along with the Bishops in communion with him. Faith and Truth are not up for a vote, because Truth is the truth from age to age and cannot be changed. It doesn’t matter if secular society or even others calling themselves Christian “churches” choose to ignore the Truth and substitute their own perverse watered down version of the “truth”, or even if they go as far as denying it.
One person complained about not being able to use a hall the laity raised money for. Maybe they forgot that the Diocese is the owner of all Church property and the Bishop heads the diocese. As a second point, isn’t that like me going “my high school donated money to build a school in Africa, therefore we should all go over there and be able to use it”? Of course not, we freely donated our money so that the children in Africa could have a school.
They’re just wasting their time. The Church will never change or water down the Truth. People have this me-centered complex where they think everything should conform to them and their views. The Church only conforms to 1 view: God’s, and no mortal man can ever change that.