▁people ▁have ▁" g ifts ▁and ▁qual ities ▁to ▁offer ▁the ▁Christian ▁community ." ▁Card inal ▁Donald ▁W uer l ▁argued ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" not ▁so ▁much ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁the ▁teaching ▁of ▁the ▁Church , ▁but ▁a ▁way ▁of ▁saying ▁it ▁that ▁is ▁far ▁more ▁inv iting , ▁far ▁more ▁wel coming ." ▁ ▁The ▁inter im ▁report ' s ▁statements ▁on ▁hom osex ual ity ▁were ▁described ▁by ▁gay ▁rights ▁advoc ates ▁as ▁" a ▁se ism ic ▁shift ▁in ▁tone ▁toward ▁accept ance ▁of ▁g ays ." ▁One ▁priest ▁comment ator ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁language ▁used ▁" re pres ents ▁a ▁revolution ary ▁change ▁in ▁how ▁the ▁church ▁addresses ▁the ▁L GB T ▁community ," ▁pointing ▁to ▁the ▁document ' s ▁lack ▁of ▁use ▁of ▁phr ases ▁such ▁as ▁" in tr ins ically ▁dis ordered ." ▁▁ ▁At ▁the ▁larger ▁follow ▁up ▁Syn od ▁on ▁the ▁Family ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁re jection ▁of ▁" ex clusion ary ▁language " ▁towards ▁g ays ▁was ▁a ▁topic ▁of ▁discussion . ▁ ▁One ▁Syn od ▁member , ▁who ▁was ▁not ▁public ly ▁identified , ▁said ▁that ▁gay ▁C athol ics ▁" are ▁our ▁children . ▁They ▁are ▁family ▁members . ▁They ▁are ▁not ▁out s iders . ▁They ▁are ▁our ▁flesh ▁and ▁blood . ▁ ▁How ▁do ▁we ▁speak ▁about ▁them ▁[ pos it ively ] ▁and ▁offer ▁a ▁hand ▁of ▁welcome ?" ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Arch bishop ▁Mark ▁Col er idge ▁of ▁Australia , ▁there