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Old 10-07-2008, 08:06 AM
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Bruce,

Have you been reading up on the gender thing? Can you share some of your sources? I'm very intrigued by it.
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Old 10-08-2008, 08:50 PM
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it also means that the possibility of two people of the same gender enjoying a committed, loving relationship, was not a concept that was even considered in the culture of Biblical times.

A commitment ceremomy was, however, part of the church as early as the 11th century as noted by John Boswell in his tome Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality.

Ain't that something? It also pre-dates marriage as we understand it.
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