You funny. I pointed out Ancient Greece because homosexuality was excepted but same sex marriage was non-existent or very rare.
I love the book list. I'll read them all and then reply. . On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:353393 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
