[reaganaut]

Ministering is not the same as ‘consorting’. Consorting usually has sexual connotations and I think that is what elk is implying.

[elkfersupper]

Consorting usually has sexual connotations and I think that is what elk is implying.

"Consorting" means "associating".

Do not interpret what I say, because I generally imply nothing.

[vladimir998]

“Ministering is not the same as ‘consorting’.”

Exactly.

“Consorting usually has sexual connotations and I think that is what elk is implying.”

I knew that. Hence, I very deliberately used the words I used.