America the Sexually Schizophrenic
The ancient Hebrew tribe, sandwiched between the Assyrians, Persians and a dozen other competitive rivals, sought to differentiate themselves by creating a different sexual-social landscape than their non-Yahweh-worshiping peers. To do so, they made male homosexual relationships, which were not given much (if any legal consideration) in neighboring tribes and civilizations, into a legally-punishable (in (…)