“.....because of an inability to resolve long-standing theological disputes about homosexuality and church doctrine..”
Long Standing?
Christianity has been around since 33AD. That is 1,981 years. For 1,965 of those years, EVERY Christian denomination has unequivocally regarded Homosexual activity as a sin. Long standing, NOT!
Hell, for 1,900 years every Christian Denomination considered artificial contraception to be a sin. So there is little in all of Christendom that is a long standing dispute. Heck the Protestant Reformation is only 600 years old, a mear blip in the Church time line.
But for liberals, history begins with their own birth. And having to work incrementally through issues with patience, instead of throwing tantrums and calling for hostile revolutions? Just not in their skill set.