Comments on: Another Real Anthropologist Speaks About Marriage

By: Citizenlink Quietly Rewrites Debunked Article | Ex-Gay Watch

Citizenlink Quietly Rewrites Debunked Article | Ex-Gay Watch — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:26:36 +0000

[...] of marriage.” Box Turtle Bulletin did an excellent job of gathering the views of two anthropologists (including XGW contributor Patrick Chapman), as well as those of the American Anthropological [...]

By: Truth Wins Out

Truth Wins Out — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:09:33 +0000

[...] Turtle Bulletin has collected statements from three other anthropologists refuting Focus on the Family’s [...]

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:36:24 +0000

As Jason said, the Christian misunderstanding of what is “traditional” is pretty much par for the course. I work in a Christian setting and I am continually amazed by what people think it means to be a disciple of Christ. It doesn’t mean supporting fair trade and humane treatment of animals, but it does mean making sure certain people can’t get married, apparently.

By: XGW Digest: 06 March 2008 | Ex-Gay Watch

XGW Digest: 06 March 2008 | Ex-Gay Watch — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:18:19 +0000

[...] the Religious Right wants it to be. Over at Box Turtle Bulletin, anthropologists Bill Mauer and Patrick M Chapman [...]

By: Jason D

Jason D — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:22:37 +0000

cool.

Even without doing reasearch it seemed rather blind and simplistic to assert that marriage had never changed and that “one man, one woman” had lasted for centuries.

I’ve never read the bible, but even I know there’s polygamy in there, and that it’s practiced openly with no implied or direct negative judgement.

I think a lot of Christians take for granted that their values, beliefs, and worldview are universal and timeless. When in actuality a lot of the values they have developed pretty recently within the history of man.