text: Most "norms" love Pope Francis.  My conservative (formerly Republican) parents love him, but they do tend to hold moderate positions on issues like gay marriage.  It seems like the malcontents are a very small minority within the Catholic world who have a very loud voice online.  They aren't "confused" about this.  They know exactly what Pope Francis is proposing and don't like it because they enjoy people who they think are "inferior" to them being excluded.  They are basically the parish bullies and gossips who use religion as a weapon against others.