SCOTUS orders thrice-divorced KY county clerk to issue marriage license

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(09-08-2015, 11:23 AM)Blutarsky Wrote: Oh but it is, sorry for not acknowledging that, but my post had little to do with religion.
The Romans married way before JC showed up, but what difference does that make?  They didn't marry two guys did they?

http://www.livescience.com/50725-same-sex-marriage-history.html

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Ancient Romans, or at least Roman men with power and wealth, couldmarry same-sex partners, said Elizabeth Abbott, author of "A History of Marriage" (Seven Stories Press, 2011).

Emperor Nero (ruled A.D. 54 to A.D. 68) castrated a boy named Sporus to make him womanlike, and then married him in a traditional ceremony, which included a bridal veil and a dowry, according to the Roman historian and biographer Suetonius (circa A.D. 69).
Emperor Elagabalus (ruled A.D. 218 to A.D. 222) married Zoticus, a famous male athlete, and referred to his slave, a man named Hierocles, as his husband, Abbott said.

There are also texts referring to lesbian relationships, but not marriages, in ancient Rome, Abbott said. Perhaps these women did not have enough power or influence to actually marry, she said.

"Wealthy, powerful men in ancient Rome could do it, and find ways of doing it because they were rich and powerful," Abbott told Live Science. However, it doesn't appear that same-sex marriage was widespread in ancient Rome.

"In other words, it was a thought people had," Abbott said. "But there were very few people who were actually able to do it.