Will The Church Fall In Line?

Mark Vernon believes the lessons of Don't Ask, Don't Tell can be applied to the religious sphere:

In the military, camaraderie must be cultivated to such an extent that one person be prepared to die for another. Homosexual love leads to similarly intense relationships though ones that float free of military discipline. It's this outlaw status – being as powerful but outside of the condoned form for same-sex relationships – that has made the military so fearful, [theorist Michel Foucault] argued. Obama's statement seems to support that analysis. It implies that homosexuality is no longer seen as such a threat to order and cohesion. It doesn't undermine camaraderie. Homosexuality has lost its erotic, anarchic mystique.

Vernon predicts that the church will arrive at a similar conclusion eventually.