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Old 09-27-2007, 03:32 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mytmouse57 View Post
Homosexuality was very open, common and accepted in the time/place/culture where Jesus walked the Earth. If there EVER was a time in religious history for one of God's Messengers to condone homosexual unions, that would have been it.
It was NOT "open, common and accepted" for permanent homosexual unions. Homosexuality was considered aberrant behaviour by heterosexuals. They did not understand/grasp the concept of homosexuals as we know them today.

Yes, it was open and common - but it was open and commonly used as a tool of war (homosexual rape) and as 'exotic' behaviour by straight people.

Life long homosexual partners were as hidden then as they were in America 60 years go.
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Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes. - David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage."