While this book definitely comes from a bias of full acceptance by the church of gay lifestyles, its most significant contribution is in laying out the a progression of seven different Christian responses toward gays, from outright prohibition all the way to full ecclesial consecration, testing the arguments of each along the way. Before reading this book, I thought that it was more of a black-and-white, for-or-against issue. But the looking at the seven different positions, I realized that I was somewhere in the middle, and in the midst of a shift myself. This is very helpful in leading to conversation on the issue rather than divisive battles.

Johnson then focuses on gay rights in recent court battles, detailing the arguments made from both liberty and equality.