Jim Wallis of Sojourners magazine, a leftist evangelical outfit, got into a bit of a spot when the magazine declined to take an ad designed to help churches and clergy become more gay affirming. The pickle is described here, and Wallis explains himself here.
The explanation offered by Wallis is a verbal attempt to build an anti-gravity machine, by which means he might float (just) above the fray. But it is not going to work. If you are going to be progressive, you have got to progress, darn it.