Conservatives and Progressives on this Site

Catholics are divided on many issues, but the great divide in my view is between those who wholly subscribe to the Magisterium and those who do not. I think of the former as conservatives (even though opposition to the death penalty is a liberal position) and the latter as progressives. I do not much care about the labels (one could distinguish between Magisterial Catholics and Dissenting Catholics, for example). The most conservative of Catholics will interpret the Magisterium (wrongly in my view) to permit the death penalty and modern instruments of war that are virtually certain to kill innocent civilians. Conservative Catholics tend to privilege the abortion issue in ways that would cause them to vote against Democrats.
Progressives, or dissenting Catholics, depart from the Magisterium (many regard the moral teachings of the Church as not infallibly taught and reject the claims of strong deference that the Vatican has claimed for non-infallible teachings of the Church). Progressives disagree with many of the sexual teachings of the institutional Church including teachings about gays. They reject the ban on women priests and the requirement of celibacy. They usually think that abortion is wrong, but disagree whether it is always wrong or wrong in many but not all circumstances. They have a variety of views whether abortion should be outlawed and, if so, in what circumstances. They do not privilege the abortion issue over other life issues in determining who to vote for. Progressives tend to be far more critical of the institutional Church than conservatives.
It is possible to not fit neatly into either of these categories.  But the first group tends to congregate around First Things; the latter around Commonweal. Neither group is remotely homogeneous.
Michael S says that 9-11 of the bloggers in the last three months on this site voted for Obama or would have but for his views on abortion.  One could vote for Obama and still be a conservative (see Kmiec), but the privileging of the abortion is a conservative position as I am using the term. Moreover, the issue I raised is not the diversity of the bloggers, but the predominance of posts by conservatives. On this site, it turns out that we progressives are a relatively quiet bunch.
Whatever the terminology, and wholly apart from the election, one of the recurring debates on this site is whether the institutional Church is right about various issues. The bloggers on this site include conservatives, progressives and those who cannot be classified. But the overwhelming majority of posts come from those who uniformly follow the Magisterium (or who interpret the Magisterium to permit the death penalty and certain instruments of war).
The problem with fewer progressive posts is not that the conservatives “win” by force of numbers (little is affected in the world by what we say here, and winners and losers are not declared) or that conservatives have an "advantage"; the problem is that we lose the richness and the diversity of the discussion that would be gained by a greater progressive presence, not in the list of bloggers, but in a posting presence. I do not criticize those conservative, progressive, or unclassifiable who do not post in substantial numbers. I do not blog much, have blogged even less in many months, do not plan to blog more, and could conceivably blog much less. I am not complaining about the number of conservative posts (as I have said it is a strength). My point is that so long as progressives are relatively quiet here, the depth and the diversity of the discussion would be enhanced by adding more progressives to the site.