As the Insight Book states:
"Marriage was the normal state for adult males. Not being married required explanation."
If Jesus had been found out as having relations with another man he would have been stoned to death long before the Pharisees got sick of him. The gospel account of the woman at the well is a red herring: The disciples were amazed to see him talking to a woman" WHY? He was surrounded by females, so he obviously did not dislike their company. I dont believe it was because he was poinking the disciples.
But then homosexuals in the West had to keep it all secret until the law changed.
Elton must be a JW at heart - he assumes that single adults are gay, lesbian or pedos.
HB