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This is mostly ignored by everyone in Christendom, but lest not ye forget--the King who commissioned the second standard King James Bible, had at least 4 known male lovers.

James I of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[UHlVExs7]

He was English; so of course he was a fag.

Duh.

[investor]

This is mostly ignored by everyone in Christendom, but lest not ye forget--the King who commissioned the second standard King James Bible, had at least 4 known male lovers.

James I of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He was the king. Why the hell not?

[ufUUZCnc]

He was English
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They're not all gay, their accent makes them seem that way.

[chuviskkk]

They're not all gay, their accent makes them seem that way.

Chicken and egg argument. I say the accent is caused by raging gayness.

[Amomiamup]

They're not all gay, their accent makes them seem that way.

I dunno about that, but ya gotta admit...the Brits are overall an ugly group.

[Rnlvifov]

Old news'Queen James'
One area of the life of King James that for many years remained clouded in controversy was allegations that James was homosexual. As James did father several children by Anne of Denmark, it is actually more accurate to say that he was allegedly a bi-sexual. While his close relationships with a number of men were noted, earlier historians questioned their sexual nature, however, few modern historians cast any doubt on the King's bisexuality and the fact that his sexuality and choice of male partners both as King of Scotland then later in London as King of England were the subject of gossip from the city taverns to the Privy Council. His relationship as a teenager with fellow teenager Esmé Stuart, Earl of Lennox was criticized by Scottish Church leaders, who were part of a conspiracy to keep the young King and the young French courtier apart, as the relationship was improper to say the least. Lennox, facing threats of death, was forced to leave Scotland.

In the 1580s, King James openly kissed Francis Stewart Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell. Contemporary sources clearly hinted their relationship was a sexual one. When James inherited the English throne from Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, it was openly joked of the new English monarch in London that “Elizabeth was King: now James is Queen!” If there is still any doubt, it should be noted that George Villiers, also held an intimate relationship with King James, about which King James himself was quite open. King James called Villiers his “wife” and called himself Villiers' “husband”! King James died in 1625 of gout and senility. He is buried in the Henry VII chapel in Westminster Abbey, with one of his favorite male suitors on his right, and another on his left.

James adopted a severe stance towards sodomy using English law. His book on kingship, Basilikón Dōron, (Greek for "Royal Gift") lists sodomy among those “horrible crimes which ye are bound in conscience never to forgive”. He also singled out sodomy in a letter to Lord Burleigh giving directives that Judges were to interpret the law broadly and were not to issue any pardons, saying that "no more colour may be left to judges to work upon their wits in that point."

However, nearly two centuries later, Jeremy Bentham, in an unpublished manuscript, denounced James as a hypocrite after his crackdown: , if he(James) be the author of that first article of the works which bear his name, and which indeed were owned by him, reckons this practise among the few offences which no Sovereign ever ought to pardon. This must needs seem rather extraordinary to those who have a notion that a pardon in this case is what he himself, had he been a subject, might have stood in need of."


Just finnished reading The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr, James' father Lord Darnley was a bit of a fop. also.

[TEFSADDERFISA]

I dunno about that, but ya gotta admit...the Brits are overall an ugly group.

I think Prince William is a VERY handsome man. Harry too for that matter. Harry Potter that is.

[Tjfyojlg]

I think Prince William is a VERY handsome man. Harry too for that matter. Harry Potter that is.

Say ^^that^^ in Carol Channing's voice for added humor.

[sarasmid]

He was English; so of course he was a fag.

Duh.

[CHEAPCIALISFORYOU]

You ever do an Englishman?