Sexless Marriage

Dear Victorious,

Can you have a legitimate Christian marriage without sex?

Andrea M. - Munroe Falls, OH

Dear Andrea,

Yes. Sexual intercourse is, in the context of a Christian marriage, a tool for enhancing intimacy and a way of celebrating the committed relationship that God ordained. But it is not a law. If the parties are both comfortable being married without being sexual, then their only responsibility is to each other and to God - who ordained the marriage. Certainly intimacy and celebration can be achieved in other ways.