These people have to know that but evidently think, probably with good cause, that people won't realize that.
If they want to go head-on against what God says - why don't they stay away from the church instead of trying to integrate and corrupt it?
Keep their life/death style, but don't force into other peoples choice of life style, i.e., following the teachings of the Bible - and demand they negate their own religion by accepting what God rejects.
As I don't foresee God changing His stance on homosexuality anytime soon, why don't the gays form their own religion and stop demanding Christians change theirs. For one thing, it isn't up to Christians or anyone else to change a tenet laid down by God.
Says Bishop Robinson.
Under that thinking, it now acceptable to say,
Being a shop lifter is something I am, not something I do.
Being a burglar is something I am, not something I do.
Being a drug dealer is something I am, not something I do.
Being a murderer is something I am, not something I do.
Being a child molester is something I am, not something I do.
A predilection towards sin, doesn't equal an identity.