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Originally Posted by AzzarTheGod
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If you want answers to those questions you'd want to consult a historian who is also a Roman Empire expert.
This is a major focus of study for even doctoral candidates who study and examine the Roman Empire. The political questions of our time were the same exact questions of their time, in regards to social welfare and homosexuality. Nero for example was the first one to coin the idea of Foodstamps by using tattoos and Roman citizen identification marks (mark of the beast).
That's a tangent. But homosexuality was one of the issues that the Roman Empire decided to try to tackle, because it had been legal for so long. The question is why did they determine that homosexuality was bad? That's where I'd be looking.
I doubt you will find anyone here equipped enough to field your question from a historical standpoint. The history of other advanced civilizations and homosexuality is probably the best starting point to begin to answer the questions you asked.
Rome has a lot to teach. Homosexuality started out as legal, and was widely accepted among politicians and elites until the final years of the Empire. In the final years, it was outlawed. Why?
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Funny you mention foodstamps and homos in Rome. I've been meaning to go back and do more research into the details of the state of Rome's society and its economic state as it declined. In addition to homosexuality, I've read a number of articles stating that the welfare state in Rome grew out of control (free food handouts, foodstamps, etc) as it declined causing massive inflation in its currency (many parallels to America's trajectory since the new deal in the 30s).