tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post572611810381604257..comments2023-12-02T05:36:17.832-05:00Comments on Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection?: Governor Sanford: The "Ultimate Line" Isn'tDebra W. Haffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018331891805010135noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-8401795140324082332009-07-10T22:34:55.169-04:002009-07-10T22:34:55.169-04:00I'm all for replacing an "act-centered&qu...I'm all for replacing an "act-centered" moralism with a more relational one. But let me raise a couple of cases...<br /><br />Two women meet and fall in love, and begin a very happy relationship together. Eventually they meet a man, and both feel very strongly attracted to him on many levels. It becomes apparent to one another, and they discuss their feelings, then bring their friend into the discussion. A little over a year later, the three stand together in a ceremony, where the two women welcome the man they love into their family as an equal partner.<br /><br />A happily married woman discloses to her husband that her interest in BDSM has only grown over the past few years. The husband agrees to attend local kink groups and consider exploring this with her. After a few months, he tells her that, while he does not share her interest in this, he does understand her better -- and is open to her engaging in limited play with trustworthy members of the local BDSM community.<br /><br />These are just two examples of consensual, respectful, loving and mutually fulfilling relationships; more are out there across the country and around the world. They are, for various reasons, not as public as the majority of strictly monogamous relationships out there -- just as so many same-sex romantic relationships were "kept quiet" decades ago.<br /><br />If we are to define sex beyond the "traditional" standard of penile-vagina intercourse, then why not define relationships beyond the "traditional" standard of "two people and no one else"?Desmond Ravenstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731355272768955344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-71887463324997134832009-07-09T10:59:30.214-04:002009-07-09T10:59:30.214-04:00If you read in other places it's pretty obviou...If you read in other places it's pretty obvious he thinks dancing with other women is crossing a line...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com