No, I can't grasp doing something like this to someone who I loved, or even liked. And no, I cannot for the life of me fathom why the church, which I admit had every right to take the actions that they took, would even have made the offer in the first place.
I’m perfectly satisfied if someone tolerates me. I don’t expect people to bow and scrape. If someone who thought me to be a sinner offered to help me, I wouldn’t throw a tantrum if they stopped short of changing their 2,000 year old sincerely held theological beliefs just to satisfy my desires.
Well if all you're going to do is merely tolerate me then you can save yourself the trouble, I don't want you. And if the only reason why the church offered to hold the service in the first place was for a final crack at a sinner then they shouldn't have bothered.
Yes, Your Highness.