[Ansteorra] Same-Sex Consorts

[bsmall at suddenlink.net]

Detlef,

I believe the point is that we are supposed to be studying and recreating the Middle Ages.  It's true that we aren't 100% authentic, but what a lot of people are pointing out is why deviate further from what we are already doing?

In other words, how does adding same sex consorts (for convenience sake) take us away from our declared purpose?

You could argue that we allow modern items at events and avail ourselves of modern medicine, etc., but those arguments really don't support going to same-sex consorts, in my opinion.

Ansgar

---- HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com> wrote: 
> So I take it you are also against discarding the concept of theocratic
> kingship that pervaded the Middle Ages/Renaissance, and I also take it you
> are against the concept of crowns stepping down after six months. These
> things also do not accurately portray life as it was in the Middle Ages. I
> don't know of a single medieval/Renaissance king who only ruled six months
> and then willingly stepped down, and I don't know of a single medieval
> coronation ceremony that was not actually performed by the Church. Kings
> and queens in the Current Middle Ages do not rule/reign "by the grace of
> God," and they are not anointed by bishops (the anointing being more
> central to a coronation ceremony than the actual act of crowning). We
> should bring the Church into the Current Middle Ages (if our kingdoms are
> pagan and not Christian, from what gods do our kings claim descent?), and
> we should allow our kings to reign for the rest of their lives and also
> pass their kingdoms on to their own children.
> 
> Do you REALLY want to go that route?
> 
> Detlef