The daugther seemed to equate their shacking up with other behavior, such as taking the car without permission or something.
Dad reminded her of the absolutes of Christianity: morality and imperatives.
Besides, for marriage, love isn't enough.
There's no double standard there at all about homosexual - heterosexual shacking up. Those who think so haven't been paying attention.
"There's no double standard there at all about homosexual - heterosexual shacking up. Those who think so haven't been paying attention."
Certainly not in our Greek Orthodox parish. I am unaware of any cohabiting gay couples, but I know of several cohabiting heterosexual couples. The priest refuses them communion and has refused to marry a couple of them until they come to confession, meet with him regularly and live apart and chaste for at least 90 days. In one instance this caused an outburst at communion time, but the couple and their family came around after a while. The same standards (no sacraments) apply to people who married outside the Church or who have divorced and remarried without an ecclesiastical divorce.