Staver’s rationale for excluding LGBTQ people’s children is very similar to the rationale some Catholic dioceses in the U.S. use to do the same. They say that inclusion would "confuse the faithful."

I guess that means people would see and understand that such families are ordinary and healthy. That might interfere with the prejudices "the faithful’s" Catholic leaders want them to cling to.

Remember, btw, the controversy over that Christian school Mike Pence’s wife taught at when he was vice president? As I wrote at the time, school admissions policy bars children with LGBTQ people living in their household and also specifies that school staff may not have LGBTQ people living in their household.

Staver is far from unique. He’s just saying the quiet part out loud, with especially ugly language.

I guess that’s good in a way. Stripping away the euphemisms reveals this common conservative Christian practice for what it is.