“His gifts had nothing to do with being a homosexual (if he was one).”
Exactly. And the “working document” doesn’t say that either. The ARTICLE says: “after praising the gifts and talents homosexuals may give to the Christian community”. And NOTE it does not say that those gifts are contingent upon their sexual disorder. You have gifts (and I assume you are not stricken with the disorder). I have gifts (and I know I am not stricken with the disorder). Homosexuals have gifts too - not because they are homosexuals, but because they are human beings.
“We all have gifts, and they don’t relate to our sexual peculiarities.”
EXACTLY. And the document says nothing different. it just happened to be talking about homosexuals there.
“after praising the gifts and talents homosexuals may give to the Christian community”
Not clear at all
It says that “homosexuals” may give gifts, etc. Any “gifts” they have are not because they’re homosexuals, but because they’re human beings with certain gifts.
What the document is saying, however, is not even referring to individual gifts, in the sense of talents. It means that a certain class of people - those who call themselves gay or think of themselves primarily in terms of their sexual hang-ups - have something special to offer just because they’re homosexuals and define themselves that way.
They don’t.