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  Well, ok, now for my thoughts on the article...
  I haven't kept up with recent events, but as I recall, the Roman Catholic Church, in the catechism, defines homosexuality as being "intrinsically disordered" and forbids gay people from receiving communion (as though such a prohibition could ever be enforced...)
  Now I stipulate that statement by saying I have not kept up with recent events.... maybe something has changed that I am not aware of. But assuming that the Church's stance on homosexuality is the same, then I hardly trust them to speak as an objective authority on LGBT issues. 
  The Anglican and Presbyterian Churches I really don't know anything about their positions on homosexuality. I'm Catholic, so that's why I know the Catholic Church's position.
  NOW, this IS a very important event, because it is demonstrating ecumenism, cooperation, and shared priorities across Churches/communions. "Joint statements" such as this one coming from the highest authorities of three different denominations would have been unheard of as recently as 60 years ago, maybe even 40 years ago (pre Nostra Aetate)
context: At first, I thought the headline said "announce" instead of denounce and I got a bit worried...