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Betty Karlson

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14. Other data points would include (just a few examples):

Thu Jun 11, 2015, 01:12 AM

Jun 2015

* Maori gay weddings preceding the arrival of Europeans on the islands.

* Myths that suggest significant parts of pre-islamic and pre-christian Africa were accepting of homosexuality.

* Gay-friendly elements in early hinduism (which is actually an amalgate of Dravidian and Indo-European cultures plural).

* Two-spirit individuals being accepted in some native American cultures (sadly, most of those cultures were eradicated long before we wanted to compare them for data).

* All the GLBTQ accepting elements in what remains of the Pelasgian mythology.

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Dear Lord, let that be true: Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #6

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I gather that in caveman times, the distinction was a moot point Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #15

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