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is, in Japan, said to have been introduced by buddhist monks returning from Tang China in 806 A.D..

In Japan, homosexuality became even more closely aligned to Buddhism. In the early part of the Heian period (794-1185) Buddhist monks returning from Tang China in 806 are reputed to have 'introduced' homosexual practice -though, of course, it probably existed before then. By the end of the Heian period Homosexuality had become popular among the aristocracy, perhaps because of the increased contact with the Buddhist clergy.

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is, in Japan, an unfamiliar and unimaginable concept in the Edo Period. People of this era never engaged in sexual practices with nor experienced erotic desires toward individuals of the same sex.

In the Edo-period, for the Japanese, 'homosexuality' was an unfamiliar and unimaginable concept. People of this era never engaged in sexual practices with nor experienced erotic desires toward individuals of the same sex. This period's sexual vocabulary offered various expressions that could be used to refer to erotic activities between males or females so that even finding an appropriate name for it would pose a considerable challenge. Writings on male-male sexuality possessed an indigenous textual tradition, with its own vocabulary and commercial market. The 'sexuality' of 'homosexuality' was quite the same as the 'love' of 'male love'

is, in Japan, said to have been popular among the aristocracy in the heian period (794-1185)..

In Japan, homosexuality became even more closely aligned toBuddhism. In the early part of the Heian period (794-1185) Buddhist monks returning from Tang China in 806 are reputed to have 'introduced' homosexual practice -though, of course, it probably existed before then. By the end of the Heian period Homosexuality had become popular among the aristocracy, perhaps because of the increased contact with the Buddhist clergy.

is, in Japan, said to have been rampant among the monks in the mid 16th century to the point that, Francis Zavier called it 'the Japanese vice' and took pains (in the face of mockery) to rid Japan of the sin of sodomy..

Expressions of affection and desire by Buddhist priests for those they loved appears to have grown stronger over the following four centuries. In the mid-16th century, when Father Francis Xavier arrived in Japan with the hope of converting its people to Christianity, he was shocked to encounter so many Buddhist monks involved in same-sex relationships. He began referring to homoeroticism as the 'Japanese vice'. Father Xavier decided it was his duty to rid Japan of 'the sin of sodomy'. He wrote: 'We frequently tell the bonzes [Buddhist monks] that they should not commit such shameful sins... and everything we tell them amuses them since they laugh about it and have no shame when they are reproached about so vile a sin.' It appears Xavier did not have much success. One report recounts how he and his missionaries were stoned by a gang of youths while walking through the streets of Yamaguchi, the youths yelling: 'So you're the ones who forbid sodomy!'.

is a behavior rather than a constitutionally protected class... therefore a ban making sodomy illegal is entirely lawful on the grounds that homosexuals are by no means denied their fundamental right of sexual intimacy... on the contrary, they are as free as the next person to pursue sexual intimacy . . . .Just as long as they do so with a person of the opposite sex.

Have gays and lesbians tried NOT having homosexual sex' During oral arguments in Lawrence, the attorney challenging the Texas law argued that it was 'fundamentally illogical' for straight people to be able to have non-procreative sex without being harassed by the state while same-sex couples did not have the right to be 'free from a law that says you can't have any sexual intimacy at all.' But Scalia pointed out that gays and lesbians could just have sex with people of the opposite sex instead. 'It doesn't say you can't have you can't have any sexual intimacy. It says you cannot have sexual intimacy with a person of the same sex.' Later on in his dissent, Scalia argued that Americans' constitutional right to equal protection under the law wasn't violated by the Texas law for that reason. 'Men and women, heterosexuals and homosexuals, are all subject to [Texas'] prohibition of deviate sexual intercourse with someone of the same sex.' That should sound familiar: It's the same argument defenders of bans on interracial marriage used to make, arguing that the bans were constitutional because they affected whites and blacks equally.

is found in over 450 species whereas homophobia is found in only one. Which one seems unnatural now'.

Homosexuality is found in over 450 species. Homophobia is found in only 1. Which one seems unnatural now'

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Homosexuality is like the weather. It just is. Andrew Sullivan

is no vice, no degradation, nor illness, but a variation of the sexual function experienced by countless respectable indivuals produced by a certain arrest of sexual development.

Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation... it cannot be classified as an illness... we consider it to be a variation of the sexual function, produced by a certain arrest of sexual development. Many highly respectable individuals of ancient and modern times have been homosexuals, several of the greatest men among them (Plato, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, etc.). It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime-- and a cruelty, too. If you do not believe me, read the books of Havelock Ellis. Freud

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