Conclusions

YES, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN:
* We have nothing more to learn
* We have got it all right at present
* All loving relationships between people of same sex are wrong - friendship is vital
* Nothing good in homosexual relationships and no virtue in homosexual people
* This is most important (sexual) sin

Michael Vasey
"There is significant agreement that gay people need to begin any thinking about their way of life by gaining a sense of their inherent value as human beings and by entering into relationships based on unconditional acceptance...Although the way in which this is articulated varies considerably, the agreement on what a Christian would call the principle of grace is as impressive as it is generally unrecognised"

A Community of Grace?
* Forgiving Grace - ‘Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us'
* Welcoming Grace - ‘Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God' (Rom 15.7)
* Transforming Grace - ‘And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit' (2 Cor 3.18)
* Costly Grace - ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me' (Mk 8.34)