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Gay Civil Unions Sanctioned in Medieval Europe

August 29, 2007 /

I thought legitimizing gay unions would destroy marriage:

Civil unions between male couples existed around 600 years ago in medieval Europe, a historian now says.

Historical evidence, including legal documents and gravesites, can be interpreted as supporting the prevalence of homosexual relationships hundreds of years ago, said Allan Tulchin of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.

If accurate, the results indicate socially sanctioned same-sex unions are nothing new, nor were they taboo in the past.

Full Story: Live Science.

(via Lupa).

Trevor Blake on Pride Day and where work really needs to be done for gay rights

June 28, 2007 /

Where work is needed most is not same-sex marriage, nor renters rights, nor lessening job discrimination, or passing ‘hate speech’ laws. These just aren’t the most important or terrible things happening to homosexuals right now. The most important and terrible thing happening right now is that homosexual men (and sometimes women) are being put to death in Islamic countries. Being stoned to death really and truly is worse than being called a faggot, no matter what cultural relativists may have to say on the subject. All things are related but all things are not equally related. Efforts to make this a better world should continue in many areas, but “people being killed to appease an invisible monster that lives in the sky” trumps what I think much of the West pays attention to on Pride day. That noise about respecting diversity and honoring ancient traditions and the hands-off policy religion gets? That’s all over now. When people stop dying, we can play nice-nice with theists again.

Full Story: American Samizdat.

British military funds sex changes

April 29, 2001 /

“Britain’s Ministry of Defense says it has paid for sex-change operations for as many as five serving soldiers.” Read all about it here:

A spokesman said on Saturday that “a small number, no more than five” soldiers had undergone gender reassignment operations funded by the ministry.

“The MoD medical services provide similar services to the military that are available to civilians on the National Health Service,” he said.

“If the doctors treating a soldier think there is an appropriate and genuine need, then surgery is considered.

“There have been a small number of operations carried out. We do not have the surgical facilities for the surgery. It is carried out by the National Health Service,” he said.

The Netherlands Legalizes Gay Marriage

April 1, 2001 /

As expected, the Netherlands has legalized gay marriage. The story comes from Plastic and can be found on CNN:

Four gay couples have exchanged rings and vows at Amsterdam’s City Hall in the first same-sex marriages recognised by any country.

Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen officiated at the ceremony for three male couples and one female couple, which took place immediately after the law permitting gays to wed took effect at midnight on Saturday.

It was the denouement of a 15-year campaign to allow gay couples equal rights under civil law. The legislation easily passed through both houses of parliament last year.

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