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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interestingly, neither of the prior PPs is answering the question.  There is no doubt that marriage has taken on various forms across the thousands of years and thousands of world cultures with many different constructs and things permitted and not-permitted.  The OP's question is how many times and when and where before today's current push has marriage taken on the form of that between two individuals of the same sex?[/quote]

Historically, the answer is the roman empire ie Europe and western Asia and north Africa, Greece including the Greek empire, and certain provinces in china had gay marriages.  Also some American Indians.

That encompasses quite a lot of territory and population.

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The Roman empire permitted homosexual marriages? Citation please.   We're talking about marriage here, not lovers or relationships or other things that are not defined as marriage.[/quote]

Elagabalus and Zoticus, Agustan History.  There.[/quote]

Ok.  ONE individual emperor who might or might not have been transgendered and who might or might not have actually been married versus simply being in a relationship with that other person.  That's one person.  Just did a quick google search and some reading, and it does not appear as if he legalized same sex marriage for all of rome -- he simplly announced that he himself was married.  Now, can you identify a culture or country or empire that permitted same sex marriage?[/quote]

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