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		DanBC on March 27, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla employees tell Brendan Eich he needs to “s... Are you aware that prohibition of same-sex marriage in English legislation is a recent thing? It was only written into law in 1971. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullity_of_Marriage_Act_1971 Marriage is tweaked when needed.

sergiosgc on March 27, 2014 [–]

Actually, same sex unions were illegal under Roman law, even before Rome adopted Christianity.

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