At your invitation, I read your article. As you said, you would like me to share a few thoughts.

There are many points on which I agree:

First, to those who say that Jesus did not have same sex temptations, I think would imply, falsely, that those who do cannot be saved.

Gregory of Nazianzen explained in his proclamation against Arianism that since Jesus was fully human and fully divine what was not crucified in his humanity was not saved. To say that Jesus never had such temptations would imply he did not experience temptation in all things but that does not make sense. If we truly understand Jesus as coming to save all people then he was tempted by the same temptations that affect all humans collectively so that all could be saved.

I find that one of the problems of such discussions regarding homosexuality is that the two sides are talking over each other. It seems that the LGBTQ community is saying that they have same sex attractions, the Christian community believes that means they are all having sex virtually 24/7, yet one does not imply the other. So, really it seems the Christian community needs to begin by understanding the terms.

I greatly appreciate you bringing up the passage that Jesus says that some people were not born with the vocation to marry. This is an important understanding.

Anthropologists will explain that all societies need some people who remained unmarried to further the society. However, Christianity has a faction that says that all people must marry in a heterosexual marriage. There is nothing in the entire history of the faith or humanity that indicates this and it seems this is a product of the sola scriptura teaching of the Protestant Reformation.

True Christianity begins with as Jesus demonstrates and you explain a relationship with Jesus, however, an element of it has been hijacked with turning it into a strict moral code.

The LGBTQ person who comes to Jesus as he/she is will come to know him in ways that those who seek to follow a moral code to get to Heaven never will. He will then lead them to where He is calling them.

I do not believe that Jesus was gay only because that indicates the opposite of heterosexual, it becomes two sides of the same coin. I do believe that Jesus had temptations toward those of the same sex as he did towards those of the opposite sex for the reason stated above.

Further, his acting on love and friendship is profoundly deeper than what we experience in our modern society. It seems that friendship and love was more profound in previous centuries. Many people will bring up the relationship with David and Jonathan for example, but few point out that nothing in the scriptures describes it as unique, unusual or forbidden.

Jesus, however, he was guided by his love for the Father and all humanity.

Jesus had to live the law perfectly in order for all to be saved. Therefore, he could not have sinned even for a second otherwise we would be lost. However, according to theology, he would suffer severe temptation to sin in order that all would be lost.

St. Maximus the Confessor explained this was the point of the crucifixion it was the devil throwing everything at Jesus to get him to not love for even a moment.

Jesus' relationship with his Father gave him the strength to live his mission. Too many Christians call all people gay and straight to live moral lives with no assistance at all and this creates great anger, frustration and pain among those who realize this cannot be done and is not supported by scriptures.

I appreciate your article, I see the point is that Jesus came for all especially those who were excluded in his time and ours. If we are truly responding as disciples of Christ we must do the same and bring them to Him. He can them lead them to where He is calling them.