text: how would a conserative or fundamentalist christian answer this? let's say you are a strict fundamentalist christian and you are head nurse at your hospital, where a man has just been admitted. the first person who comes to visit him is his partner who is also a man and you realize they are both gay. he wants to be at his partner's side and have the same visitor privilages as any spouse would.   although the hospital has formal rules on visitation, "family members only" they also informally try to accomodate non-traditional families but leave it up to the discretion of the head nurse on duty to make the "call". that person is you. however, you disagree strongly with people being gay.   do you allow this man's partner to visit him even or enforce the formal rule, even if it can be bent at your discretion? i would bend the rule. my job as a christian is to serve people and care for their needs. i need to respect them as people, setting an example in how i treat them rather than by controlling them.  why should i pull away support from this person in their time of need? what sort of love is that? it certainly doesn't bring them closer to god, it just torments them in their time of need and brings enmity.  i would guess the fundamentalist would enforce the rule because they believe homosexuality is wrong, so this guy's not really a "family member" and thus the rule is more important than this guy not being alone.   at the very least, the head nurse could visit the patient, in order to provide support, regardless of sexual orientation.