text: Nora, I'm going to have to disagree with you.  It's not 'hateful misogyny' to believe that men and women are fundamentally different and need to have different roles.  It's just basic biology and common sense—can you think of another vertebrate species that doesn't have this hard-wired into them? Why would humans be any different?  The problem the church's anthropology—rather, it's secular western society's notion of 'gender equality' that's absurd.
  And I'm not sure what you mean by 'better treatment of LGBT'.  Let's start with the T—transgenderism is simply delusional thinking.  As far as LGB, that's a paraphilia.  These are psychiatric issues, not ecclesiastical.
  The shortage of priests is a self-inflicted wound and is a 'fruit of Vatican II'.  Likewise, the drop-off in the faithful is because Paul VI's unasked-for liturgy has no staying power.
  But thanks for your thoughts.