So the vatican, after emphasizing homosexuality is a sin, has officially declared they are indeed people and worthy of blessing. I guess after blessing fornicators, blasphemers, adulterers, and the obscenely rich they realized it was ok.
TeChNiCaLlY, under Catholic doctrine, being sexually attracted to or being in love romantically with someone of the same sex haven't ever been a sin. Just having sex with them is. What's new is that they are now willing to bless your sexless non-marriage homo life partnership. It's simultaneously useless to any gay Catholics, and a huge middle finger to the more conservative side of the church.
Who knew that gays were actually people too?
The rightwingers’ heads in the US Catholic League are going to explode! 🤯
The Methodist Church has been splitting apart because of this.
Progress in removing gays as being classified as second class citizens marches forward - whether the conservatives want it too, or not. Just like time marches on.
Some gays will say “Who wants the blessing of the church?”, but others will embrace a “right” of dignity long denied.
The progressive congregations that go along with these changes are experiencing a membership free-fall. The paradox is that the more congregations embrace modern values, the more surviving congregations promote the opposite.