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To: tejek who wrote (195722)	7/25/2004 2:11:45 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582685

<<< ... A little more than a decade ago, I interviewed John Boswell, who had been chairman of Yale's history department before his death at age 47 in 1994. Boswell had scoured mountains of medieval literature, and concluded that not only had the ancient church tolerated homosexual marriages, it had even celebrated them with sacraments. Two of Christianity's earliest saints, Serge and Bacchus, were Roman soldiers who became martyrs. They're depicted in an icon in Kiev as being married -- with Christ acting as the best man. Elsewhere Serge is described as the "sweet companion and lover" of Bacchus. According to Boswell, there were ceremonies for homosexual marriage recorded in many church documents across Christendom, and there was apparently little opposition to the practice until the 14th century. It seems as though the early church understood what today's witch hunters don't: A person's holiness isn't determined by whom he or she loves ... >>> The Republican beatitudes Blasted are the meek, the truthful, the peacemakers By John F. Sugg atlanta.creativeloafing.com

To: tejek who wrote (195722)	7/25/2004 2:12:09 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582685

Counterpoint: A brief commentary on John Boswell's Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe In his book, Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe, John Boswell, a self-avowedly "gay" activist and historian, employs considerable intellectual legerdemain, purporting to "discover" in Premodern European documents "evidence" that at that time both Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches sanctioned same-gender, sexual relationships, recognizing these as equivalent to marriages. To establish this thesis, Boswell examines the texts of ceremonies giving church imprimatur to lay spiritual brotherhoods, compares these with Premodern European marriage ceremonies. Boswell then implies that close parallels strongly suggest the Churches recognized and made special allowances for some forms of spiritually commendable, same-gender sexual unions. However, in terms of both Boswell's presuppositions and his documentary evidence, we believe persuasive reasons can be advanced to cast doubt on his conclusions. [continued ...] leaderu.com