Were Same-Sex Unions Originally A Christian Concept?

I am not going to bore you with all the details, but I will paraphrase for those of you who need to fit this article, and some frenzied workplace bathroom masturbation into your break at the Best Buy stock room.

Basically, Professor John Boswell, the late Chairman of Yale University’s history department has discovered ancient Christian liturgical documents that describe same-sex unions, and ceremonies described as “The uniting of two men.” These ceremonies had all the binding rituals of contemporary marriage ceremonies, except they were performed for two men, by the Christian Church.

I’m not going to lie. I skimmed the article. But the point is that the concept of modern marriage has evolved and changed since the days of Christ. So everyone using the bible and religion as a frame of reference needs to realize that things were much different back when Jesus hung out with 12 bearded men and a few prostitutes.

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