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Same-sex marriage in 2003, 2013 and 2023 (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Womble 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Its not that its first that is surprising, its that with one exception its only them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Again: Who else? The rest of the world is in varying degrees of "ass backwards", especially regarding social issues. Hell, a lot of them aren't even moving forward but backward.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I'd really expect southeast asia next considering historical support for third genders there

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The thing is that Abrahamic religions were extremely ass backwards on this issue for the longest time. My expectation would be that countries with a majority of atheists or buddhists would never have been as ass backwards about gays in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

IIRC China is supposedly atheist, and so was the Soviet Union, but things were not particularly rosy there either. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_history_in_the_Soviet_Union

Whether religion or not, it's often a case of despicable hardliners taking charge and making things worse for pretty much everyone but them.