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If homosexuality was so rampant in Roman times. And today we like to think of our own countries as roman-esque. Then was is the hate toward LGBTQ today? When did the hate start and Y? (lemmy.world)
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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 weeks ago

Awareness of homosexuality has waxed and waned over centuries. American evangelicals worked hard to make it a wedge issue in the 70s.