Prove it Sam. I can provide data which supports my points. Show me where for instance that the Ancient Greeks were against homosexuality. Please discuss this in reference to the agogee and the Athenian practices of "mentorship". Also when looking at the Roman Empire, remember several emperors married their male lovers, Nero, Caligula and others. It wasn't until the late Roman Empire, and the emperor Theodosius banned same sex marriages.
In classic China it was even more formalized with male homosexuals allowed to formally marry and who were a large part of the Han and Wei courts throughout the warring kingdoms period. During the later dynasties again it was just a part of life. In North American tribes, especially the plains Indians, it was again considered part of regular life with both some men and women having extra "souls" that permitted them to marry members of the same sex. Unfortunately I don't know enough about the Inca, Aztec or Mayan civilizations to comment. But here are some references for you if you care to read: Lahey, Kathleen A., Kevin Alderson. Same-sex marriage: the personal and the political. Insomniac Press, 2000. ISBN 1-894663-63-2 / 978-1894663632 Hinsch, Bret (1990). Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homosexual Tradition in China. Reed Business Information, Inc.. ISBN 0-520-07869-1. Kuefler, Mathew (2007). "The Marriage Revolution in Late Antiquity: The Theodosian Code and Later Roman Marriage Law". Journal of Family History 32 (4): 343370. Eskridge, William N. (Oct 1993). "A History of Same-Sex Marriage". Virginia Law Review 79 (7). On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > But they didn't. > > . > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> All these cultures allowed for same sex marriage. >> >> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Remember we were talking about marriage, not history in general? >>> >>> . >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Eric Roberts >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> That is a fact. There were pagan faiths long before Judaism was around. >>>> Babylonian, Sumerian, Chinese, Arabic, not to mention all of the pagan >>>> faiths of the African tribes were aroundlong before Judaism. Judaism sprung >>>> out of Canaanite Paganism. That is a matter of fact, not an opinion. >>>> >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:353384 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
