That a Catholic cardinal should request such a thing is quite extraordinary and a complete scandal. This was essentially a celebration of open, unrepentant homosexuality.
Then don't invite them. Choose your own chorus.
"That a Catholic cardinal should request such a thing is quite extraordinary and a complete scandal."
Matt 9:10-13, While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and “sinners” came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?”
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[Hosea 6:6] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
"This was essentially a celebration of open, unrepentant homosexuality."
No. It was the Archbishop's funeral. These folks sang the songs the Archbishop chose to be sung, else they were quite and respectful of the occassion. Pride parades are celebrations of open, unrepentant homos.