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To: Steelfish

Just some interesting history in Britain about NOT blaming the baby of a rape.

I think the ancient Saxon(?) code said that if a woman had a baby with a foreigner, the baby and descendants could not hold land until after 8(?) generations. But, if the woman had been raped by a foreigner and had the baby, the baby was treated as a full citizen. I find it interesting that a zillion years ago people didn’t blame the baby, but nowadays the baby is likely to be killed!


2 posted on 09/09/2009 6:45:09 PM PDT by ReagansShinyHair
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To: ReagansShinyHair

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335925/posts


4 posted on 09/09/2009 6:57:31 PM PDT by Dan Middleton
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