It is just as thoughtless and wrong for the Church to endorse homosexuality by calling it an orientation just because homosexuals are demanding recognition. Likewise, for schools of theology to frown upon and even prohibit masculine references to God by their faculty and students just because the radical feminists are offended by calling God Father or He is not only cowardly but silly. How true it is that when sin is flagrant and rampant, love is indeed cold and indifferent. People living in sin do not need thoughtless affirmation any more than they deserve mindless condemnation. But that takes time and sacrifice.
Time is a precious commodity to anyone in a spiritual leadership position.
So precious is time that for many it has become an idol. Lives are planned and lived around appointment books and calendars. Sacrifice has become what Christ did for us rather than what is expected of us. Anything that could be perceived as bucking the hierarchy or a stand in opposition to something can get in the way of advancement. I submit that the abundance of sin in our culture and the acquiescence of much of the Church to it is truly evidence that the love of many has grown cold.