(June 27, 2015 at 10:24 am)PiousPaladin Wrote: Sometimes the truth is an uncomfortable thing, there is a reason historically societies have feared and driven the "homosexuals" away from them.

Um. Romans? Greeks?

Quote:I say homosexual, but the very notion of sexual orientation is more quack science invented to promote a liberal agenda.

how much poe would a poe poe if a poe could poe poe?

Were they openly "gay"? Or was it a perversion they indulged in privately? Did the Romans have gay marriage?

(June 27, 2015 at 10:36 am)PiousPaladin Wrote: Were they openly "gay"? Or was it a perversion they indulged in privately? Did the Romans have gay marriage?

Yes. No. Not per se, but male concubines were a thing.

Exactly, concubines. A dirty little secret you wouldn't wheel out to the family.

(June 27, 2015 at 10:52 am)PiousPaladin Wrote: Exactly, concubines. A dirty little secret you wouldn't wheel out to the family.

-_-

Not a secret. They were privileged members of the household hierarchy and would assist the man during dinner parties.

There's this thing called google you know

(June 27, 2015 at 10:52 am)PiousPaladin Wrote: Exactly, concubines. A dirty little secret you wouldn't wheel out to the family.

I do believe you just blasphemed. Your magical dictator in the sky is clearly in favour of concubines in the Bible. His perfect moral standards include 'dirty' practices to your mind?

(June 27, 2015 at 9:54 am)Neimenovic Wrote: I know you're a Poe and all, but that's distasteful ._.

(June 27, 2015 at 11:00 am)Razzle Wrote:

(June 27, 2015 at 10:52 am)PiousPaladin Wrote: Exactly, concubines. A dirty little secret you wouldn't wheel out to the family.

I do believe you just blasphemed. Your magical dictator in the sky is clearly in favour of concubines in the Bible. His perfect moral standards include 'dirty' practices to your mind?

He never favoured them, he allowed them at a specific point in time. Jesus made it very clear in the NT they are not acceptable.

(June 27, 2015 at 10:24 am)PiousPaladin Wrote: Sometimes the truth is an uncomfortable thing, there is a reason historically societies have feared and driven the "homosexuals" away from them.

I say homosexual, but the very notion of sexual orientation is more quack science invented to promote a liberal agenda.

(June 27, 2015 at 9:22 am)PiousPaladin Wrote: Mental disorders often develop from one another, if you've already got one severe one why should it be any great surprise you may have several others?

From my point of view I believe that you have mental disorders, both delusional, one of fantasy, one of grandeur. There may be help for you but I doubt it.

(June 26, 2015 at 7:11 pm)das_atheist Wrote: The benefit of being able to hide your identity is that you can choose to come out when it's safe. That's a choice that minority races and ethnicities don't have. 

One huge thing you're missing is that here in the US, ethnic minorities are protected from discrimination by law, while it is still legal to discriminate based on sexual orientation, per federal law. 22 states have passed their own laws barring LGBT discrimination, meaning that anti-gay discrimination in America is still legal in 28 states.

The fact that minorities can avail themselves of the legal system in order to redress injustices means that while ethnic bigotries may well be more virulent (this may or may not be true), they are also easier to counter through legal means. Because gays don't have the same level of protection in our society, they often must hide their identity. And such a matter as portraying a false identity, or repressing part of oneself, is necessarily taxing, psychologically.

I think your thinking on this matter is overly simplistic, myself.