Perhaps what he meant was, "For 5,000 years every single culture* and every single religion has been intolerant of open homosexuality."
Or, in other words, intolerance was good enough then. Why not now?
*Yes, I know that historically there were cultures that tolerated homosexuality. I'm suggesting that this is what he meant, not that what he meant was correct.
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Date: 2008-12-24 08:42 am (UTC)Or, in other words, intolerance was good enough then. Why not now?
*Yes, I know that historically there were cultures that tolerated homosexuality. I'm suggesting that this is what he meant, not that what he meant was correct.