Jim, your clear about where you are in this process.  You didn't waste your time in all the years you have worked to bring understanding to people about LGBT issues.  You and many others made a difference and it shows - in wide acceptance of the full humanity and an insistence on equal rights by LGBT and non-LGBT people.  

I has happen in some faith groups and not other, particularly not in the Catholic Church hierarchy.  But that speaking up has made a difference in the attitude of most Catholic people here, in Ireland, and in many European countries.   And many of us are not going to stop speaking up.  I haven't been fighting this battle all my life and I still have some energy left to give it.

So, still keep speaking up here and where ever else you comment.  No one else has your pith, your voice, or the vast store of quotes that make sharp and often hilarious points.  Whether you will it or not, you inspire.  And I thank you for that.