Well, I do want the Catholic Church to hear and listen to and learn from the Spirit.  And, I love the idea that people like Mary Hunt, Jamie Manson, other women theologians, sisters, married lay women, even lay men for that matter, would be part of that "hammering out" of differences.  But that is not, so far,  the ecclesial practice or policy and certainly not the traditional way the Holy Roman Catholic Church operates.  

I stay because I do believe the Catholic Church has much to teach the world of God and what it means to live as God intended us to live.  But, that doesn't mean we can't learn from people of other faiths - Protestant, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu and more.  What I hope is that the powers-that-be inside the Church learn to listen to the Spirit that speaks outside their narrow group.