What’s wrong with a permanent, faithful, stable same-sex sexual relationship?

Mar 25, 2018 by

by Ed Shaw, Living Out:

Permanent, faithful, stable relationships are beautiful. And essential to human flourishing – as Stegner reminds us. So what could possibly be wrong with a permanent, faithful, stable same-sex relationship? Indeed this sort of relationship is now recognised as a marriage by a number of states throughout the world.

Exposure to these sorts of same-sex relationships has certainly done much to change people’s minds on homosexuality. Many have been opposed to homosexuality until they got to know the nice gay couple next door or because their niece has found happiness at last with her lovely new girlfriend.

I’ve even been told that my opposition to homosexual practice will crumble when I finally meet the man of my dreams. I’ll become accepting of permanent, faithful, stable relationships then. I’ve friends and family who are looking forward to the ‘wedding’. They’re pretty sure it will eventually happen.

So is it just the absence of the right man that is stopping me changing my mind on the morality of permanent, faithful, stable same-sex relationships? Well, the right man coming along will certainly challenge my behaviour, but he will have to change my mind on a couple of key truths:

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