Homosexuality is not a sin.
Homosexual activity is a sin.
My friend took the side that this new policy showed an increasing acceptance and tolerance of others by those in Rome. As a born and baptized Catholic, I know a fair amount about the church from the inside, despite the fact that I do not now practice the faith and do not accept most of the mythologies and tenets of the church. I had just made the claim that this policy was useless to gay people who consider themselves catholic because it required them to deny themselves in order to keep their faith. My friend replied, and here's what I said in defense of my position. This still sounds self-contradictory.