How can religious moderates be said to enable hateful fundamentalists?

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90. Not exactly.

Most denominations don't have fundies. Denominations tend to be more liberal or more conservative within a particular church, or the overall denomination, but pledges and collections and tithes are use mostly in that local church. A portion of the money might head up to the local governing body of the church, but not a big portion, generally.

Fundamentalists are usually in fundamentalist denominations, not in, say, mainline Protestant denominations. I am distinguishing between true fundamentalists and conservatives.

Politicians used to pay a great deal of attention to religious leaders, because those religious leaders used to be able to influence large blocks of voters. This is no longer true in many denominations, and the church leaders get less play.

The Catholic church is losing members faster than any other denomination in America. Average Sunday attendance is on the order of 25% of the members that still belong.

The Catholic bishops with this political initiative are about to make incredible fools of themselves when they find themselves ignored by their membership. You are right that money from moderate Catholics supports the bishops through collections, but I expect a big backlash in all this. The bishops will also discover how limited their power truly is.