The first signs of the Phoenician alphabet found at Byblos are clearly derived from Egyptian hieroglyphics, and not from cuneiform. ... Like Hebrew and Arabic, Phoenician was written from right to left, and vowels were omitted (which makes deciphering Phoenician even harder).
Same sex marriage went against the bible. That is how some thought then and an outrage came about. Also people don't choose to be gay, lesbian bi, etc.
