In the first sentence you quoted. The militant Gay Pride guy would say "Hmpf. Healed of what?" And the penitent homosexual would say, "Healing? Thank you."
The penitent *anybody* would say, “Healing ... thank you!” With loud cries and tears, prostrations and wailing. We should all be penitents: that’s his point in saying, in effect, “Your sins are deadly, too, not just other people’s.”