The Church has adapted before, it can adapt now  The Church has adapted over the centuries on a number of social and natural issues as it seeks to re-interpret and re-explain God’s message of love in the terms of modern society. For example Churches have adapted to the problems that science has thrown up, even the Catholic church, often the slowest to embrace change did eventually agree with Galileo over the earth going round the sun. [1] The acceptance of homosexuality and admission of gay priests is a necessary next step for the Church today. There will be others in the future.  [1] Butt, Riazat, ‘The Vatican may be cosying up to science but it will never go all the way’, Notes&amp;Theories guardian.co.uk, 23 February 2011,