"...Bishops, of all people, should be aware of this. How much stronger the Arizona bishops statement would be if they had coupled their support for the law with a clear statement that no Catholic businessman or businesswoman should claim warrant in the Gospels or the teachings of the Church for discriminating against gays. Instead, once again, we have aligned our preaching of the Gospel with a political agenda that is championed by hateful bigots. And, then we wonder why young people want nothing to do with us? When bishops gather to bemoan the secularization of our society, they should start by looking in the mirror. If the face of Christianity is an angry hotelier who wants to place a “straights only” sign outside his inn, then we have no one but ourselves to blame for the decline of Christian faith."
http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/arizonas-sb-1062
And for more Catholic bigotry, see
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/us/arizona-donohue-cuomo-marriage/
On the other hand, from actual churchgoers, there is this:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20140223valley-churchgoers-react-controversial-sb.html
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