To add to records of same-sex marriages in ancient Rome, John Boswell's research on same-sex marriages in early European history, and research I read and blogged about last year on same-sex domestic partnerships in colonial Virginia, here's more evidence of prior legal support for same-sex relationships. This is one more piece of evidence to point out the falsehood of the argument that providing legal recognitions now would violate thousands of years of tradition.

Civil unions between male couples existed around 600 years ago in medieval Europe, a historian now says.

“Western family structures have been much more varied than many people today seem to realize," Tulchin writes in the September issue of the Journal of Modern History. "And Western legal systems have in the past made provisions for a variety of household structures.” . . . [Read More]