[Ansteorra] Same-Sex Consorts

[Ronda Melendez]

I have stayed silent on this subject for good reason as this is not a problem.  But an issue that seems to be dividing the populace.  Sure, we could go the route and do what and how they did things back then and risk becoming period Nazis (I apologize in advance if this term offends anyone as it is not meant to offend) or do we modernize it and put the modern day spin on things?  I believe that considering the lengths of time a monarch has been known to rule ( Queen Elizabeth for example ) that to do something like that in this day and age would be unfair and not really all that feasible.  As for same sex consorts -- who cares?  There were kings who were rumored to prefer the same sex but this was all carried on behind the scenes from all my research has shown yet they still had their consorts or queens.  So I personally see no reason why things cannot stay the way they are now.

This is a very touchy subject no matter how you put it or present it to anyone.  Lets all take great care in how we proceed in this so as not to hurt or offend anyone either purposely or unintentional.  This is also something that perhaps should quite possibly be put to a vote then put to rest.  

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> Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:39:12 -0500
> From: herrdetlef at gmail.com
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Same-Sex Consorts
> 
> 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
> 
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:51 PM, John Yates <valstarr_hawkwind at yahoo.com>wrote:
> 
> > Are those advocating same-sex consorts for Crown doing so to more
> > accurately portray life as it was in the Middle Ages?
> >
> > I thought not.
> >
> > I'm against it.
> >
> >
> > Val
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