It was all done in Christian charity. They drew the line at a situation that they felt was offensive to the church.
My gut feeling is that the entire family was poor and would not have been able to afford a funeral. It happens more often than we would like. Dying is the most expensive part of living, it seems.
Seems to me some articles (this one included) try to show how thoughtless and uncaring churches are. Truth be told, churches provide a lot of outreach and in some cases I wouldn’t be surprised if that included homosexuals who are ill.
Dying is expensive. You might be on to something there.