wikipedia seems to think there was sort of gay marriage, in that gay marriage ceremonies were occasionally held but not legally recognised.
Yes, there is some evidence things like this happened during the late Roman Empire (this certainly happened). Of cource, this is hardly encouraging from a gay marrige being pro-civilization point of view.
I know this is a serious conversation, but on a lighter note, this made me laugh:
Elagabalus was married as many as five times, lavished favours on male courtiers popularly thought to have been his lovers,[3][4] and was reported to have prostituted himself in the imperial palace.
As a private citizen, he was probably named Sextus Varius
Anyway, back to gay marriage and the collapse of civiliseation:
As the empire was becoming Christianized in the 4th century, legal prohibitions against gay marriage began to appear.
I would actually argue that prohibiti...
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