An interesting discovery on a similar vein: http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/archaeologists-unearth-5000-year-old-third-gender-caveman
Archaeologists unearth 5,000-year-old 'third-gender' caveman Caveman was buried like a woman, leading scientists to question his sexual orientation. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > Actually there was a same sex marriage ceremony in the early church. It > wasn't until Constantine and the Nicaea conclave that homosexuality was > banned. But the same male bonding ceremony continued to around 1000AD. > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thousands of years of traditions that allowed gay marriage Sam? Romans > > allowed it. Pre-Christian Celts and Norse allowed it. Greeks allowed > it. > > Hindus allowed it. The only faiths that didn't allow it were Islam and > > Christianity...even most sects of Judaism are fine with it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:32 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: BITTER SCALIA LEAVES U.S. > > > > > > Apples and oranges. That ruling is based on thousands of years of > > traditions > > from around the world. By introducing it that way, the same-sex marriage > > has > > no standing. I'm sure that ruling can also apply to sacrificial lambs the > > way you're using it.It doesn't declare what a marriage is, but uses > > traditional heterosexual standard for it's ruling. > > > > . > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Eric Roberts < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Marriage is a right according the ruling in Loving vs. Virginia in > > > 1967 > > > > > > In Chief Justice Earl Warren's opinion for the decision he stated that: > > > " Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to > > > our very existence and survival..." > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:09 PM > > > To: cf-community > > > Subject: Re: BITTER SCALIA LEAVES U.S. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:10 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I don't like to use the word "hate". Do they hate the people who are > > > > gay? I doubt it. > > > > > > > > > The article you found funny implied Scalia hated (disliked) gays so > > > much he was looking for a country that didn't have them. > > > > > > Are they grossed out or uncomfortable with people who are gay? > > > > Most likely. > > > > > > > > > How the hell did you get in their heads and come up with that? Maybe a > > > percentage feel that way but that's an awfully large brush you paint > > with. > > > > > > Do they want to deny these people equal rights because of > > > > > > > those feelings? Apparently. > > > > > > > > > > Is marriage a Right? > > > > > > > > > > > That's just bizarre. Most of my gay friends don't give a rats ass > > > > > about gay marriage and they don't hate gays. Only the ones that > > > > > hate hero-sexuals do. In my experience. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've met a lot of gay people...but never ONE who hated heterosexuals. > > > > That would be weird to "hate" about 90% of the population.... > > > > > > > > > > I have a friend that relives his black eye from London in the 70's, > > > every year we get to relive the story on facebook. Another blames > > > hetro's for his lovers suicide 15 years ago. We hear about that all > > > the time. They don't come out and say they hate hetro's but it's like > > > Larry and conservatives, you know where he stands. > > > > > > > > > > > Marriage isn't a constitutional right but somehow, now, gay > > > > > marriage > > > is? > > > > > And the way they did that was to label all opposed as haters? A > > > > > sad day indeed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > YOU are labelling them haters....the rest of us are labelling them > > > > as people who would deny others equal rights because of how they were > > born. > > > > You like to use the word "hate" because it brings emotion to the > table. > > > > > > > > > > > Again equal rights? Civil unions create equality. I don't know anybody > > > that's against civil unions. Do you? You started with the emotions > > > about the justices. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well...that's great for billboards and bumper stickers...but when > > > > you get down to brass tacks, it's really quite simple: Do you wish > > > > to deny people equal rights because of how they were born? > > > > > > > > > > > Civil Unions > > > > > > > > > > Sam....give me one valid argument AGAINST gay marriage that does NOT > > > > involve a view that would prejudice against homosexuals, or in some > > > > way cast their love as inferior or even harmful, when compared to > > > > hetero relationships?? Give me one, and i'll happily admit that > > > > there is a non-bigoted argument against gay marriage. > > > > > > > > > > > Most people that are against gay marriages, I'm guessing, have nothing > > > against gays and civil unions. They just want to avoid watering down > > > the traditional marriage as we know it. It's already having trouble > > > with divorce rates increasing regularly. > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:365041 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
