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To Be Gay Affirming (#10)

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Paul's Condemnation of Same Sex Relationships With Men and Boys

There's a few examples of specific context within which male same sex sex might happen in the ancient world. In the Greek world, there was a tradition of peterasty where men would have sexual relationships with adolescent boys. But in the Roman tradition, that was actually frowned upon. I think it gets a little bit dicey trying to say, well, Paul is just talking about these very exploitative relationships," she says. "It's slippery in terms of historical context"

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