What in the world does it mean to "practice" homosexuality? There was a cartoon with the caption "A practicing Catholic, and an observant Jew," showing a Catholic priest seated at a piano, playing it, while a Hasidic Jew stood a couple of feet behind him, looking at him as he played. But a sexual orientation is not like either a religion or a musical instrument. True, there are some gay wags who say they love practicing their homosexuality, because "practice makes perfect," but that's something else.

What the objection of conservative Christian authorities to "the practice of homosexuality" sounds like is no less than that they wish all LGBTQI people would stay secure and gagged in their closets, forever. These are the same people who at other times would say they give praise to God the Creator for all his creatures. Fools. Hypocrites.