Sexuality is indeed a gift from God, when expressed according to Biblical principles. And in a way, CUMC is right but for the wrong reason.
God created us to marry male and female -- and as a result, shows prima facie why homosexuality is a sin. Gays indeed deny who 'God created them to be', by choosing to live a lifestyle of unrepentant, Scripturally defined sin.
What I read from that whole thing was the church was basically saying “If you get sick and die from AIDS, we don’t want to hear it”. It’s the elephant in the living room. They want the happy, cheerful gay couples they see on sitcoms and Bravo. They don’t want to deal with the guys busted in rest stop bathrooms, sick from Hep B, attention whores and serial victims.
Despite what your TV teaches you, there just aren’t that many homosexuals. The ones I know don’t go to church and wouldn’t go even if the church was “welcoming”.