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Yes, the Catholic Church was due for this. In 2021, there's absolutely no reason for any religion to promote hate and exclusionary practices. If the right to marry is extended to heterosexual couples, it must necessarily be extended to other couples as well.
After all, as Justice Kennedy wrote in the landmark case of Obergefell v. Hodges: "marriage is a keystone of our social order," and "[t]here is no difference between same- and opposite-sex couples with respect to this principle"; consequently, preventing same-sex couples from marrying puts them at odds with society, denies them countless benefits of marriage."