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Christian sexual ethics is radically countercultural. Laura Smit (author, Loves Me, Loves Me Not) offers fresh theological insight on Christian love in the context of singleness and same-sex marriage in the wake of Obergefell. --- We don't have to be caught in debates about equality versus complementarity since the Bible clearly affirms both the significant and beautiful difference of men and women AND the radical equality of men and women. We don't have to be caught in a culture of divorce or serial monogamy since the Bible clearly calls us to keeping our covenant promises regardless of our emotional fulfillment at any given moment. We don't have to be caught in a culture of pleasure as the goal of life. And in our haste to affirm the goodness of sex within marriage we must not make sex the goal or end of marriage. And we must not be caught up in an idolatry of the family that equates family values with Biblical values. We must instead affirm the radically counter-cultural option of celibate singleness as an obedient, meaningful, fruitful and honorable way of life.This sort of affirmation must not be simply theoretical. These different ways of construing a healthy and happy human life must capture our imaginations and our hearts. We must see these alternatives as beautiful. As Christian pastors and teachers we need to think about ways to present such a Christian understanding of sexuality in ways that are compelling and appealing, that draw people closer.