I seem to recall a number of court cases recently where some representatives of the church were prosecuted for exactly that. I guess with this new policy they may be making amends.
The church has moral law on homosexuality and perverts who broke that law. This is like a local police department that enforces the law, yet has perverts who break the law. We don't think it is "funny" when the police cheif talks about enforcing the law because he had an officer who broke the law. Bigotry would hold a double standard for churches on all that.