Actually, this has indeed been a rather substantial disagreement regarding Church architecture, but mostly among "church-folk" like pastors and bishops and priests and - particularly - liturgists and some architects.  It is simply one more issue that the divided Church wastes God's time in thrashing it about.  Many find the lack of a communion rail, for instance, a great improvement and a far more inclusive arrangement that the Liturgical reforms from Vatican II ushered in to the modern Church.  Others somehow interpret it as a degradation of reverence for the Eucharist.  I believe that these "differences" will continue to diminish as our younger generations of Catholics - much, much smaller with each passing year - become more of the ones in decision-making positions in their parish and diocese, and begin to again re-conceptualize worship space according to the current environment they find themselves in.  The past is the past, but there for us to learn from (not duplicate).