"[7] The Declaration continued to create controversy through 2008 in the Phoenix Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, in part because of Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted's order for nine priests to remove their names from the document.
We stand in solidarity as those who are committed to work and pray for full acceptance and inclusion of GLBT persons in our churches and in our world.
GLBT persons are condemned and excluded by individuals and institutions, political and religious, who claim to be speaking the truth of Christian teaching.
The Christian faith compels us to be part of the healing for the souls wounded by this tragic, violent, and destructive hatred.
We will continue to work for and promote the dignity of GLBT persons and their inclusion in our socio-political, cultural and economic life.