Love has consistently stood for an orthodox view of the Bible and for the stance of the Anglican Communion on matters of human sexuality. He asserts that "'the Bible is, in fact, the word of God. It’s not just some historic document that was written some 2,000-plus years ago, but God’s revealed word.'" Regarding marriage, Love has stated his adherence to the orthodox interpretation of the Scripture which holds that sexual intimacy is reserved for marriage and that marriage is an opposite-sex union. Love takes the view that homosexually-oriented persons should remain celibate. On January 19, 2008, Love celebrated the Eucharist at St. Andrew's Church in Albany while hosting a visit by Bonnie Anderson, president of the Episcopal Church's House of Deputies. A dialogue followed between progressives from Via Media and the more conservative representatives of the church, and "stressed unity and communication". Both liberals and conservatives in the diocese praised Love for attending the event. The national church's web site posted a story about the event, quoting Bishop Love and several of the 300 attendees at the event. In June 2008, under Love's leadership, the Episcopal Diocese of Albany passed a resolution stating that only heterosexual marriages may be celebrated within the diocese. After the resolution was passed, Bishop Love was quoted as stating that "the important thing... is that God loves all people, regardless of where they might be in their life. That doesn't necessarily mean he approves of all of our behaviors." In July 2009, Love gained national attention when he explained his views at the Episcopal Church's convention in Anaheim, California. At a news conference organized by conservatives at that meeting, Love said, "It is breaking my heart to see the church destroy itself"; however, he vowed to remain within the Episcopal Church nonetheless. Love continued to be in the news in October 2009, when he commented on the state of the church after the Vatican, in the apostolic constitutionAnglicanorum coetibus, announced a canonical framework to integrate groups of disaffected Anglicans into the Roman Catholic Church. Love was quoted as saying, "What state we are in when we get through this, only God knows..." He also acknowledged that two parishes in the Diocese of Albany were attempting to leave the Episcopal Church. Since that time, no parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Albany have left the Episcopal Church, and Love has granted Delegated Ecclesiastical Parish Oversight --a status where certain parishes remain a part of the Albany diocese, but receive certain pastoral functions from a bishop outside the diocese—to three parishes in the Diocese. The parishes receiving DEPO are St. Luke's, Saranac Lake, St. George's, Schenectady, and St. John's, Essex. Love opposed the passage of same-sex marriage legislation in New York. He was the only Episcopal bishop in New York to do so. In 2015, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church "sanctioned gay marriage across the American church but the bishops of eight dioceses to opt out." In July 2018, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church passed a resolution allowing same-sex weddings to be performed in the eight dissenting dioceses. Love strongly opposed the resolution. In November 2018, he issued a pastoral directive banning same-sex weddings from being held in the Episcopal Diocese of Albany; in an accompanying letter, Love wrote: "Recent statistics show that The Episcopal Church is spiraling downward... I can’t help but believe that God has removed His blessing from this Church. Unless something changes, The Episcopal Church is going to die."
