[Hi Heels]

Okee doke. Show of hands....how many think Allan Tulchin of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania is gay and a member of a brotherment?

[rwgal]

Shouldn’t this be a BARF!!! alert?

Meadow Muffin

[Pyro7480]

Where’s the “I smell BS” graphic?

[massgopguy]

I have to chuckle when Longshanks gives his son’s boyfriend the heave-ho in Brave Heart. Guess Edward I didn’t endorse Same Sex Unions.

[bmwcyle]

People was so stupid back then.

[Sherman Logan]

A considerably more logical explanation is that, in a society structured by kin-groups, those without relatives did what they could to invent artificial kindred.

[catpuppy]

In the contract, the "brothers" pledged to live together sharing "un pain, un vin, et une bourse...."

Among other things ...

[Lazamataz]

A little internet research shows that (via the Amazon profile for Allan A. Tulchin, PhD that teaches at Shippensburg University)

COUPLE: Allan Tulchin and Judy Miller 
WEDDING DATE: 1/14/2007 
SHIPPING ADDRESS: Judy Miller & Allan Tulchin - Takoma Park, MD 

[VRWCmember]

Makes the phrase “I’m about to get medieval on your *$$” take on a whole new meaning.

[wideawake]

"I suspect that some of these relationships were sexual, while others may not have been," Tulchin said. "It is impossible to prove either way . . . "

In other words, there is not a shred of evidence for his claims whatsoever.

[antiRepublicrat]

1) Nothing says they were homosexual relationships.

2) It’s still not marriage, which is what the homo lobby wants.

[Rodm]

Wasn’t it known as the Dark Ages?,

[beezdotcom]

I do think it is worth noting that the stated purpose of an affrèrement was OTHER than to allow "same sex marriage". That it may have been abused in such a way should come as no surprise, since other perfectly legitimate enterprises are similarly abused.

This actually gets to the heart of the bias shown in allowing 'domestic partnerships' only for same-sex pairs who have sex with each other. Why can't platonic friends form such a partnership? Apparently, folks in the Middle Ages would have agreed.

[SIDENET]

Okee doke. Show of hands....how many think Allan Tulchin of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania is gay

[SJSAMPLE]

"a historian now says."

Riiiiiiight.

These "historians" are always "discovering" things out of whole cloth.

In the future, we'll all be dead and homosexual.

[Macrinus]

Homosexual couples were often tied to the same stake before being burned.

[MrB]

This is sort of like leftists pointing at the current webster’s definition of marriage (”two PEOPLE”) and claiming that as “proof” that marriage isn’t defined as one man one woman.

However, they don’t want to, even if they know it to be the case, acknowledge that this definition has only recently been modified. I believe within the last 5-7 years.

[lakeman]

No wonder the pilgrams got out of there.

[papertyger]

Wow! This is as startling as the revelation that guns were very rare in colonial America!

(rolling eyes)

I wonder if Tulchin will gain the same accolades and awards as Bellesiles.

[PetroniusMaximus]

“... can be interpreted as supporting... tricky at best to figure out... I suspect that ... impossible to prove either way ...”

What a load of BS.

[KarlInOhio]

The ins-and-outs of the medieval relationships are tricky at best to figure out.

Er...uh.... Nope, just going to leave that one alone.