Personally I believe the WT will eventually take notes out of the Catholic Church's playbook on this one.
The Catholic Church once had far greater influence over the personal lives of it's flock, now not at all. You can identify as Catholic and yet live a lifestyle or make decisions which would be considered uncatholic and there are no church restrictions placed on you, no church inquisition on your behavior. You can still attend mass as you please.
Under the weight of bad press, public shaming and shrinking attendance/donations the Catholic Church has had to soften it's message and loosen it's grip.
The Catholic rulebook has become a suggestion book, I think the WT rulebook will eventually become the same.
Of course the WT will dress it up as loving nu-lite.