you mean like the ceremony that Alexander the Great underwent with his male lover Hephaestion, or Pausanias of Athens and the tragic poet Agathon. Actually the ritual that bound the pairs together in the Sacred Band of Thebes was based on the marriage ceremony.
keep trying Sam, as typical with you you're wrong. Don't know that you're wrong and proud of your ignorance. On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Of course they allowed and accepted homosexual relationships yet they > didn't marry. Odd isn't it? But using your logic, it's because they > hate gays. > > . > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> You need to look up the agoge (Sparta) and the Athenian traditions of >> mentorship. Rome also allowed homosexual relations - look at Caesar >> and Octavian for instance. Even the early Christians had a bonding >> ceremony for men that was the equivalent of the marriage ritual. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353253 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
