Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors' ass. The death penalty for homosexuals was considered moral by Old Testament Hebrews. They were never entirely successful, especially in Galilee. The Canaanites worship of the Great Goddess and her immortal son was practiced by most ancient cultures around the Mediterranean. Sexual freedom was the law and preferences were not rigid, to say the least.
Official morality is determined by who s in power, while the evil they do is state sanctioned.
Some historical sources claimed that Jesus, his apostles and the early Christians had indiscriminate orgies, that it was carnal knowledge of Jesus that Peter denied three times before the cock crowed. The Christian story, from baby Jesus s virgin birth, his birthday, his sacrifice, his resurrection and his promise of immortal life is archetypically of the grapevine or barleycorn type of cult, which believed sex was good for the crops. The bottling by the bishops left out most of the champagne bubbles of loving sex. All male friendships are suspect After millennia of official persecution of homosexuals in the Judeo-Christian tradition, homophobia is engrained in our society, just as racism is. This pressure to conform to straight male jackets of behavior and appearance is reinforced by acquaintances and strangers, male and female, but it is even more strongly internalized by men.