Constantine's Discriminatory Sex Laws

[joggerjayne]

So, apparently ...

(which is leaving myself open to someone looking it up and disputing it)

... in 342 AD, the Emperor Constantine passed a law forbidding ..:

Same sex marriage
Oral sex
Anal sex

I'm not saying that I'd actually want it in the butt. That's just a personal preference thing. But, you know ...

Was this the earliest example of legislation that discriminated on the grounds of sexual orientation?

[joggerjayne]

I'm right?

Really?

Gah, that never happens!

Woo Hoooo.

Okay, automatic Best Answer.

[joggerjayne]

I love the expression "girl on girl" lol.

It sounds naughty, but jolly at the same time.

:0)

[EDDIE51]

The Bible must have had it before 342AD , it is even in the Old Testament, that was 100s or even 1,000s of years before Christ. Koran was not written until 600 years or so after the New Testament. Didn't know blow jobs were illegal anywhere though.

[joggerjayne]

Well, I think they're frowned on in the shopping centre.

[Psybbo]

jj, are you bored? Please don't take that the wrong way xx

[EDDIE51]

According to this even Genesis condemes homosexuality it says God created man and woman (Adam and Eve) so that they could procreate and populate the Earth
http://carm.org/bible-homosexuality

[EDDIE51]

Frowning is not the best facial expresion while giving a BJ.

[joggerjayne]

Psy ... I might be a bit bored, actually.

Hence ... seeking refuge in AB.

As you do.

[Psybbo]

Don't I know it! x

[jno]

those are bans on actions, not orientation. They'd have applied to straight people too. Not that straights would be likely to marry but they have been known to indulge in the other practices, or so I am told.

Wikipedia tells us: Homosexuality in China, known as the pleasures of the bitten peach, the cut sleeve, or the southern custom, has been recorded since approximately 600 BCE

[joggerjayne]

The bitten peach?

That sounds like a girly thing.

[askyourgran]

They have nice words for it in China don't they!

[Psybbo]

There is nothing new under the sun

[joggerjayne]

Funny things we say when we're drunk ...

http://thoughtcatalog.com/paul-barker/2011/09/stuff-you-say-when-youre-drunk/

[jno]

divebuddy, straights have oral sex the same as gays do. It's not a "homosexual practice".

Best not ask for a bitten peach next time you're in a Chinese restaurant.

[joggerjayne]

I'm suddenly craving a FroYo.

Aaaagghh.

It's not like I have any in.

I could probably find one if I wandered down to East Street.