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To: E who wrote (10647)	4/24/2002 9:46:56 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

These are plausible reasons why homosexuals in that age were not greeted with wrath and opprobrium. The most plausible reason, though, would simply be that these people lived in close-knit interrelated family groups. The homosexual individual would be one of "us", not one of "them"; they would have known that individual from birth. Of course that individual would also be productive in any possible way; there was no other option in those days. But I think the reasons for acceptance were likely less logical than emotional: the tribe does not generally discard one of its own.