Same-sex marriage was a Christian rite! Right? WRONG!!!

In scouring the interwebz this weekend, I couldn't help but notice the latest attack on Christianity by attempting to somehow justify same-sex marriage by linking the early medevial Catholic Church to same-sex unions. Right away, the first thing that came to my mind where all the different false "christian" heretical movements of the medevial period. I did so because I've noticed that often times when some outrageous claim is leveled against the Early Catholic Church, it usually is based on some heretical movement of that era and has noting to do with the Roman Catholic Church!

So I did some research on the Bogomilism movement of the 10th century, nothing! The Berengarians, nothing! The Petrobrosians, nothing! The Fraticelli, Flagellants, Lollards, nor the Waldensians, I could find nothing! The only heretical sect that perhaps came remotely close to same-sex marriage were the Albigenses who, among other things, actually believed marriage to be sinful. I attempted to do some more research but alas, I couldn't find any resources to lead me in the right direction, that was until last night when I went to National Catholic Register's website! But first, a cople of points the article makes.

According to this much ado about nothing article:

"a curious icon from St. Catherine's Monastery on Mt. Sinai in Israel. It shows two robed Christian saints. Between them is a traditional Roman ‘pronubus’ (a best man), overseeing a wedding. The pronubus is Christ. The married couple are both men...Is the icon suggesting that a gay "wedding" is being sanctified by Christ himself?..."

"...While the pairing of saints, particularly in the early Christian church, was not unusual, the association of these two men was regarded as particularly intimate...In the definitive 10th century account of their lives, St. Sergius is openly celebrated as the "sweet companion and lover" of St. Bacchus. Sergius and Bacchus's close relationship has led many modern scholars to believe they were lovers. But the most compelling evidence for this view is that the oldest text of their martyrology, written in New Testament Greek describes them as "erastai,” or "lovers". In other words, they were a male homosexual couple..."

"Contrary to myth, Christianity's concept of marriage has not been set in stone since the days of Christ, but has constantly evolved as a concept and ritual. Prof. John Boswell, the late Chairman of Yale University’s history department, discovered that in addition to heterosexual marriage ceremonies in ancient Christian church liturgical documents, there were also ceremonies called the "Office of Same-Sex Union" (10th and 11th century), and the "Order for Uniting Two Men" (11th and 12th century).

These church rites had all the symbols of a heterosexual marriage: the whole community gathered in a church, a blessing of the couple before the altar was conducted with their right hands joined, holy vows were exchanged, a priest officiatied in the taking of the Eucharist and a wedding feast for the guests was celebrated afterwards. These elements all appear in contemporary illustrations of the holy union of the Byzantine Warrior-Emperor, Basil the First (867-886 CE) and his companion John."
Over at Jimmy Akin's blog, I found the true and rational (duh) answer to this ridiculous proposition. Kudos to Jimmy Akin for once again doing an awesome apologetic explaination. Here's his excellent disection of this empty topic: