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Yes, there was Buddhists advocating such things long before then. Used to be far more warlike and desiring of empires, too.

The Dalai Lama, imo, does support it, true - just like both him and Buddhism are ok with the concept of gays and lesbians in general. The problem starts when you notice that both oppose them "touching" each other.

Of course it has high and low points. Everything does. But you're missing my point - those highs and lows are more or less irrelevant.

There is no such thing as "progressive" Christianity in that sense. That, imo, is what Christianity actually is - it is not a separate strain of it like what you're saying, Can. Even the word "progressive" in that sense in wrong - something more akin to "charitable" would be far better.