Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold.

On 27 August 2007 Sullivan married his husband Aaron Tone in Provincetown Massachusetts. In a blog entry on 12 March 2009 Sullivan summarised his faith journey to date in this way:

Perhaps the institution dearest to me the Catholic church greeted the emergence of gay people in a way that never truly reflected the compassion of Jesus or the good faith arguments many of us offered as a way forward. On Israel
Sullivan states that he has "always been a Zionist".

Sullivan is a former editor of The New Republic and the author of five books. He has been a guest on national news and political commentary television shows in the United States and Europe. His focus is U.