In an interesting dance of politics and semantics, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, reportedly said

the Catholic church is not in a position to evaluate the impact of openly gay service members on military readiness directly…

but

“That is a question that has to be worked out politically. And there isn’t a specific Catholic Church position,” he said, “but whatever happens, it has to be seen in terms of the church’s teaching position. And that is, human sexuality is something that is supposed to be exercised responsibly and within the context of marriage.”

The Cardinal speaks well that he cannot directly evaluate “military readiness” base on any policy the military institutes, because he is not a military leader.  He is, however, a moral leader, and can speak to the moral costs to be paid in any institution, or even the military in particular.  He passively stated the “church’s” position in making reference to the Catholic church’s stance against homosexual marriage.