{"id":8692,"date":"2014-08-06T14:53:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T18:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=8692"},"modified":"2014-08-06T14:53:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T18:53:57","slug":"why-celibacy-isnt-the-point-me-at-level-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/why-celibacy-isnt-the-point-me-at-level-ground.html","title":{"rendered":"“Why Celibacy Isn’t the Point”: Me at Level Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

doin\u2019 my thing:<\/p>\n

Gay Christians who are celibate for religious reasons are having a small coming-out party of sorts. We\u2019ve seen recent articles exploring my exotic new sub-sub-sub-subculture in Slate<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>, R<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong>eligion News Service<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>, and even The Advocate<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>. I\u2019m thrilled to see these pieces and I deeply appreciate the respect the authors showed despite, in some cases, intense and personal theological differences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But there\u2019s always going to be some dissonance when a community is represented by outsiders. The aspects of our lives which are most salient to an introductory, glimpse-behind-the-curtain piece at Slate aren\u2019t necessarily the aspects most important to actual gay Christians who accept the historic Christian understanding in which sex is reserved for marriage between a man and a woman. (I apologize for the clunky phrasing. Nobody\u2019s figured out a cute nickname yet.) So here are a few thoughts on one aspect of gay, celibate Christian lives which these three generous pieces left out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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doin\u2019 my thing: Gay Christians who are celibate for religious reasons are having a small coming-out party of sorts. We\u2019ve seen recent articles exploring my exotic new sub-sub-sub-subculture in Slate, Religion News Service, and even The Advocate. 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