I want to be careful how I say this.
But, radical/activist homosexuals, also tend to be irreligious.
Trying to say, he should not have expected some ground swell of new homosexual members.
But on the other hand, should have anticipated some criticism from existing members. And in the worst case, attrition of members who don’t abide the new policy if the church.
Also s want to say, liberals in general, who would applaud this virtue signal, also tend to be irreligious. So this virtue signal to the liberal crowd likewise would yield very few new members.
Not only irreligious, but blasphemous, even while holding their "form of godliness" in parody churches.
When Tarleton State University in Texas Refused to allow a production of "Corpus Christi," a play blasphemously depicting Jesus and his disciples as a bunch of sexually active homosexuals, the large queer "church" in Dallas eagerly invited the students to use their facilities as an alternative venue.
Why would you need to be careful how you say that? It’s obvious on it’s very face...homo perverts don’t exactly swarm into churches, and normal people don’t want to go to a church that welcomes perversion with open arms.