For the last two decades the campaign for the sanctioning of gay marriages has been defamed by politicians and churches on the grounds that the notion is unnatural, a modern aberration. The notorious Clause 28 tagged onto Mrs Thatcher's egregious Local Government Act (1988) banned "the promotion of homosexuality" in schools, singling out as singularly wicked the notion that homosexual ties are a "pretended family relationship". In this book, John Boswell proves beyond dispute that in pagan Antiquity and during Christianity's first millenium, - for around 2000 years - extensive legal sanction was given to pair-bonding between males, and that societies found little difficulty in accepting the concepts that homosexual ties could indeed be family and familiar relationships. A main argument against homosexual unions has been that they are incapable of fulfilling all that constitutes "marriage", as dictated by a peculiar modern romantic cult of heterosexual love: monogamous erotic passion, procreation, housekeeping and friendship. However, what emerges from Boswell's examination of what the "conjugal alliance" has meant to different societies through the ages, is that male-female marriage itself was never expected to fulfil all these needs. Through analysis of a multitude of induction ceremonies, contractual forms, covenants, oaths, blessings, arrangements for the disposition of property and other types of publicly testified and legally-morally binding unions, Boswell shows that Christendom has had a major homosexual past which weighty authorities during the last few 100 years have chosen to suppress or ignore.

Marriage of Likeness Same Sex Unions In

Politics & Social Sciences

John Boswell

Social Sciences

HARPER/COLLINS

Used book in good condition, due to its age it could contain normal signs of use

French for Cats.All the French Your Cat Will Ever Need.

Reference

Henry N. Beard

Henri De La Barbe

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Fontana

O.J.Simpson's Legal Pad

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

The historic journey of Barack and Michelle Obama to the White House is memorialized in this fun yet fashionable paper doll book featuring the Obamas. For the millions who can't get enough of this remarkable first family, here's a book containing perforated press-out dolls of Barack and Michelle and over 30 mix-and-match coordinated outfits and accessories featuring the Obamas:
--on vacation in Hawaii
--golfing at Camp David
--on election night
--at the extraordinary inauguration and Inaugural Ball
--traveling the world on foreign affairs trip
--rolling up their sleeves for a day of service
plus much more! 
Highlighting Barack's uniquely professional, yet down-to-earth wardrobe that reflects his popular persona and Michelle's outstanding taste in fashion, this book is a must for anyone wanting that special "yes we can" kind of day, every day.

The Barack & Michelle Obama Paper Doll & Cut-Out Book

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

St. Martin's: Griffin

Duke: The John Wayne Album

Ballantine Books

Good condition, some slight staining to front cover

Chuck and Di Have a Baby Paper Doll Book

Simon & Schuster New York (1982)

Paperdolls... Chuck &amp; Di Have a Baby

Chuck & Di Have a Baby

Religion & Spirituality

Will Elder

Patty Brown

New Age & Spirituality

Fireside

Includes several b&amp;w line drawings. Everything a modern outdoors person needs to know to make it in tough terrain and situations, from the psychology of survival and overcoming fear to building a shelter and making it through a natural disaster. Every kind of environment is covered. Topics include: how to orienteer with or without a map and a compass; how to cross quicksand, bogs, and quagmires, how to signal for help; how to trap, fish, and set snares; how to identify poisonous plants, insects, and animals; how to survive unusual conditions, such as plane crashes and nuclear attacks; and more.

U.S. Armed Forces Survival Guide

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Safety & First Aid

St. Martin's., NY

Pez! The colorful and kitschy candy dispensers are eagerly sought by collectors of all ages.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Information on map reading, finding direction, orienteering, first aid, and hunting and trapping are included in a comprehensive guide to survival

U s Armed Forces Survival Manual

Sports & Outdoors

Survival Skills

Atheneum

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