Christianity is not one singular entity. There are many different sects that can drastically vary from each other. Fundamentalist Christians like the Southern Baptists are not going to be as accepting or open minded as the more liberal Christian sects such as Catholicism.
It's odd that you describe Catholicism as liberal, when so many of its characteristics are heavily rooted in tradition.
It's really only Pope Francis from this past decade who stopped shunning homosexuality and describing it as an illness (even if he upholds the church's teachings that same-sex marriage is an abomination), expressed openness to ordaining married men as priests, and suggested forgiveness for divorcees who have since remarried, but even he has his limits.
He still views gender transition as a sin, upholds the Catholic Church's longstanding opposition to birth control (the pill, condoms) in favor of abstinence, and opposes abortion.
And there are many Catholics in the US who do not view him as their pope, preferring Benedict XVI and especially John Paul II. There are cardinals in the US who have advocated for denying the current US president communion due to his support for abortion (he claims that he does not personally support abortion due to his faith, but would not impose his belief system on others).
Yes, Catholicism might not be as unyielding as Christian evangelism or fundamentalism. But it's by no means the most accepting of faiths.
You’re not wrong and I agree with a lot of your points. When I refer to Catholicism as “liberal” I am comparing it to other Christian sects and even other monotheistic religions such as Islam. For example, unlike other Christian sects, Catholicism accepts concepts such as evolution.
> Yes, Catholicism might not be as unyielding as Christian evangelism or fundamentalism.
Maybe you meant to direct your comment to someone else because it sounds like we agree?
My point was that there are Christian denominations that are accepting of others as they are, and aren't trying to impose their narrow worldview on others. Catholicism isn't one of them.
For instance: Episcopalians support gender and racial equality, as do the Anglicans they're an offshoot of. Presbyterians are similarly accepting, even if they haven't made an official statement on that front. Reform Judaism similarly is an attempt at reconciling historical traditions with the need to exist in a modern world.
It's hard to ascribe a particular ideology to Islam because it varies widely based on its practitioners and their interpretations (as is the case with Baptists, Lutherans, and many other religions where there is not a central authority). Certainly we see very oppressive policies in a number of Middle Eastern countries, but in the US, especially in the past decades we've seen an alignment of American Muslims with the Democratic party and more liberal / progressive policies (largely due to anti-Muslim rhetoric from the right post-9/11).
