text: But what you suggest, Emmett, does not result in a dialogue.  Withholding donations has been roundly discussed on tis site for years and rejected (for the most part) in favor of directing one's money to specific Catholic agencies and programs.  What I clearly wrote about was the laity as the majority of the Church demanding all of the topics so objectionable to the well-formed conscience be opened for full discussion and review.  To make that happen, there must be clear strategies in place to force the matter.  I have no vision of what your solution would in fact do, but I am certain it wouldn't get us very far.  It IS a great response to the abomination of the handling of the sex abuse scandal, however.  The faithful's money has been used to hide evidence, protect bishops, and pay diocesan defense lawyers.  But that is a different matter from what I was addressing.