text: I left the Church (or rather the Church left me 10 years ago when I came out).  I decided not to waste a day of my spiritual life waiting on the Catholic Church to see through the smoke and change its teaching.  I'm at peace with my understanding of Jesus, and how His ministry accepted homosexuality, and was nonplussed by it; how it was a non-issue for Him; how being gay was as consequential to Him as a person's hair color or height.  Hundreds of years from now, I suspect that the Church will eventually embrace the LGBT community.    I know God does and that's all I need in my life.  I will praise His name and do his work here on earth, and look forward to the day when I can serve Him in heaven.