How is that a bad comparison?

There's nothing disrespectful about it. This is the religious privilege crap that is so annoying. The ideology of the Catholic Church is no different from the KKK with regards to why it discriminates against certain groups. Is the Church's discrimination and bigotry against gays and homosexuals somehow "less bad" than the KKK's bigotry? More rational? The rationale is the same.

This is the Catholic Church from the article...

So yes, it is. These aren't Unitarians.

The ones that do should get the hell out to weaken and eventually destroy such organizations, the stuff they do is way too toxic to stay on or lend any sort of support to change it from within. I wouldn't advocate someone stay in the KKK to change it from within. Would you?

If you have a point, make it...

Are you seriously surprised that the Catholic Church discriminates against homosexuals and women and tries to take away their rights? Is this news to you? Are you so impotent you can't defend this bullshit institution? Wow, just wow.

Then why are they part of a misogynist, homophobic institution?

There's no good reason to be, especially if a person is not themselves.

All Catholic priests are part of a misogynist, homophobic institution

We're talking about the Catholic Church. I don't join such bigoted organizations. I'm sure local KKKs do some community work, but I wouldn't join them, cause I'm not a racist.

Again, there's no good reason to join an explicitly bigoted organization.

Yeah, I'm not a misogynist or homophobe, so the priesthood isn't for me

Really?

I don't think it's even a comparison. Communism wasn't in the name of atheism.

Atheists can be bad people, but it's never because of their atheism. Meanwhile, otherwise good people do bad things in the name of religion all the time.

The difference is that theism is irrational, and can lead to some truly scary results when people take things on faith. Anyone who doesn't use critical thinking is a potential tool for bad people, and most religion requires the suspension of critical thinking.

Again, you fail to respond in any meaningful way

Are you embarrassed you can't have a discussion? Just run away now and stop shaming yourself. It's clear you won't be addressing any points or engaging in discussion. Passive aggressive ad Homs are pretty sad to behold, but then, you find compelling reasons to join leadership positions in misogynist organization.

Don't worry, I get it, there are very good and compelling reasons, you believe, to join bigoted organizations. What those reasons are, well, I doubt you'll actually ever say that, I mean, it's kinda self-evident, doncha know?

No, yours represents how many priests and nuns must justify themselves...

if at all. Namely, don't think about it, put your fingers in your ears, and go LALALALALA I CANT HEAR YOU. Also, never respond to relevant points made. Actually, just ignore them, pretend they aren't there. That's what I see religious people do day in and day out, and the leaders of those organizations have to become experts in self-delusion or selective thinking. Indeed, just make "self-evident" proclamations.

Here is an organization that is explicitly misogynist and homophobic. I said that there is no compelling or good reason to join such an organization, much less be in a leadership role in it. Your response? Well, you didn't have one really, not to that point, just snark. Par for the course really. And you won't have a response to that point. It's in your interest to ignore that point and attack me, because that position is defenseless.

Heck, I'd do the same if I worked for an organization that explicitly discriminates against women and homosexuals and was just doing it for a living, not because I believed that shit.

The only difference is that religious privilege allows people to think there's a big difference between joining one bigoted organization over another, as long as the bigotry comes from a religion, well, people don't question you much about it. But, that's starting to change. Your non-response is the usual.