Posted on 03/21/2009 11:00:29 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Surprising as it may seem, incest is not always a crime in Europe.
Three European Union nations — France, Spain and Portugal — do not prosecute consenting adults for incest, and Romania is considering following suit.
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Sick!
Yuck.
So progressive are they not? I hope God hurries up and wipes them off the face of the earth.
So, if you divorce your wife.....is she still considered your sister?
Fritzel lived in the wrong country.
Only in ________. [fill in the blank with your least favorite state]...
First Dracula now this what else will Transylvania bring us.
In (Fill in the state)_________, a virgin is any 11 year old girl who can out run her brother.
Utterly sick story.
And now for a Romanian joke...
Q: What’s big, black, noisy, makes a lot of smoke and cuts carrots in five?
A: The Romanian machine for cutting carrots in four.
Thanksgiving dinner could become sooooooo awkward.
The reasonable argument in favor of criminal statutes against incest is to protect offspring from genetic dangers.
Rick Santorum is right. Once a society’s standards for traditional marriage deteriorate, it’s only the beginning of a long descent into savagery.
Ask Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's descendants.
In 1850 he married Ellen Boyle, daughter of Thomas Ewing, then Secretary of the Interior
Father: Charles R. Sherman (judge, b. 26-Sep-1788, d. 24-Jun-1829, typhus)
Mother: Mary Hoyt
Brother: Charles Taylor Sherman (b. 1811)
Sister: Mary Elizabeth Sherman (b. 1812)
Brother: James Sherman (b. 1814)
Sister: Amelia Sherman (b. 1816)
Sister: Julia Ann Sherman (b. 1818)
Brother: Lampson Parker Sherman (b. 1821)
Brother: John Sherman (b. 1823)
Sister: Susan Denman Sherman (b. 1825)
Brother: Hoyt Sherman (b. 1827)
Sister: Frances Beecher Sherman (”Fanny”, b. 1829)
Wife: Ellen Boyle Ewing (m. 1-May-1850, d. 28-Nov-1888)
Daughter: Maria Ewing Sherman (”Minnie”, b. 1851)
Daughter: Mary Elizabeth Sherman (”Lizzie”, b. 1852)
Son: William Ewing Sherman (”Willie”, b. 1854, d. 1863)
Son: Thomas Ewing Sherman (”Tom”, b. 1856)
Daughter: Eleanor Mary Sherman (”Ellie”, b. 1859)
Daughter: Rachel Ewing Sherman (b. 1861)
Son: Charles Celestine Sherman (b. 1864, d. 1864)
Son: Philemon Tecumseh Sherman (”Cump”, b. 1867)
>>>>>> So, if you divorce your wife.....is she still considered your sister? <<<<<
Only when your new fiancee calls her “Mom”.
Prosecution of adult incest in the US is rare. Adult incest is also very rare. Legalizing doesn’t decriminalize it, it just makes it a good idea for those who otherwise would not have considered it.
She was also his foster sister.
Only in WVA, Ky and parts of Ark.
This issue is statistically insignificant. Also, do we think that making it illegal oputs a stop to it?
What do we do, put them in jail so they can have sex with those of the same gender?
I hear banjos.
Pingout tomorrow.
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