There was a lot of doubt as to whether John Boswell interpreted his discovery correctly, but I am prepared to think there was something positive in favor of same-sex unions going on, at least in some quarters for a few centuries. That the "rite" was suppressed in East and West should come as no surprise, really, but it should certainly not stand as precedent. What we should take from this, rather, is that there have always been Christians, intelligent and good-hearted, who think that the blessing of same-sex unions is a most desirable and godly action.