When Same-Sex Marriage Was a Christian Rite

Dec 11, 2009 10:47

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 ( Read more... )

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ext_1203530 May 11 2012, 16:07:49 UTC
I see that you have not read the Qu'ran. Surah 5:59-60 calls the People of the Book apes and swine. In another part it says, to offer them to become Muslim, or pay Jizya, or kill them. As I said before, the Hadith states the punishment of the homosexual.

Besides the fatwas, the Hadith with the Qu'ran is the law of the land according to the Muslims. I do not know where you got this idea of Christians being treated with respect, you need to inquire a little further about the Copts in Egypt that were murdered for nothing but being a Christian.

On the web, there is a site for Jewish and Muslim studies. It is interesting to note that the Muslims hate the Jews, as a matter of fact, Hitler received advice from Muslims back then on killing the Jew. I tend to wonder why to two religions were co-mingled into one site. Perhaps because of their monotheistic stance.

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ext_1204287 May 11 2012, 16:38:33 UTC
I see that you are still selectively quoting little parts of a whole, which other posters have already established were written during a period of war between Muslims, Jews and Christians ( ... )

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inkedfeathers May 11 2012, 21:43:44 UTC
... thank you ( ... )

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inkedfeathers May 11 2012, 21:36:42 UTC
I have read the Quran more than once ( ... )

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