Good reading for Christian Homophobes

British Lad · May 10, 2012

Contrary to myth, Christianity's concept of marriage has not been set in stone since the days of Christ, but has constantly evolved as a concept and ritual. Prof. John Boswell, the late Chairman of Yale University’s history department, discovered that in addition to heterosexual marriage ceremonies in ancient Christian church liturgical documents, there were also ceremonies called the "Office of Same-Sex Union" (10th and 11th century), and the "Order for Uniting Two Men" (11th and 12th century).

These church rites had all the symbols of a heterosexual marriage: the whole community gathered in a church, a blessing of the couple before the altar was conducted with their right hands joined, holy vows were exchanged, a priest officiatied in the taking of the Eucharist and a wedding feast for the guests was celebrated afterwards. These elements all appear in contemporary illustrations of the holy union of the Byzantine Warrior-Emperor, Basil the First (867-886 CE) and his companion John.
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anthropologist: When Same-Sex Marriage Was a Christian Rite
I found this very interesting

Cheese on toast · May 10, 2012

Woa One of my friends on facebook posted this same article

Zach93 · May 11, 2012

Wow, just wow, I can be rude about the Churches but I wont. Again, wow.

malachite · May 11, 2012

ah that awkward moment you realize God ISN'T on your side.
womp womp wommmmmmp.

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