Should [Adult]Incest Be Legal?

Time ^ | Apr. 05, 2007 | Michael Lindenberger

[3AngelaD]

I guess this was inevitable.

[rockabyebaby]

Should [Adult]Incest Be Legal?

sure, why not, we're close to having absolutely NO morals in this country whatsoever, why stop now, legalize adult incest, why the hell not....in fact, I'm betting GAYSACHUSETTS is the first state to do so.......

[arderkrag]

"State laws against bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, fornication, bestiality, and obscenity are ... called into question by today's decision," wrote Justice Antonin Scalia, in a withering dissent he read aloud page by page from the bench.

Darn you, you pushers of the masturbation agenda!

[MHGinTN]

Why is it that people are surprised when dominoes start falling after some degenerate policy gets affirmed by the subpreme court?

[Migraine]

Don’t ask; don’t tell?

[Always Right]

They have already failed to do so once. The Ohio Supreme Court rejected the plantiffs' argument that Lawrence created a new fundamental privacy right that made laws restricting consensual, private sex among adults unconstitutional. Instead, prosecutors successfully argued that Lawrence said only that anti-sodomy laws bore no rational relationship to a legitimate state interest

This is probably why you will never see a study of the life span of gays ever make it to a scientific journal. If they could establish just how dangerous the gay lifestyle is they could establish a legitimate state interest in outlawing it.

[nickcarraway]

It's very hard to read Lawrence in a way that doesn't hold out for protection of adult incest.

[CT-Freeper]

Darn you, you pushers of the masturbation agenda!

LOL...that caught my eye as well. Now, masturbation being a sin I understand. But are there actually laws against it?

Secondly, I have never really considered sex between step-relations to be incest. Sure, it's gross and immoral, but there isn't any blood relationship there. Is it really incest?

[goldstategop]

Incest is still viewed as outside the mainstream. But other forms of consensual sexual behavior may gain legal protection thanks to Lawrence.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[gracesdad]

“Darn you, you pushers of the masturbation agenda!”

Did Scalia REALLY include masturbation in that list?

[gracesdad]

“Secondly, I have never really considered sex between step-relations to be incest. Sure, it’s gross and immoral, but there isn’t any blood relationship there. Is it really incest?”

I’m with you here — it’s icky and wrong and not something I would EVER think of doing even if I did have a step-daughter, but I can’t see a law against it.

[Dante3]

No way should it be legal. It would lead to tremendous confusion, such as one’s uncle is also one’s father, etc. But it will become legal if same sex marriage is recognized, with marriage available to anybody with anybody as Brad Pitt so desperately wants.

[Graymatter]

It used to be considered unnatural. Now our enlightened society understands that the govt cannot tell us what is natural or what isn’t. Except homosexuality, that is natural. And global warming, that is not natural.

[Borges]

Darn you, you pushers of the masturbation agenda!

Which states have laws against it?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Darn you, you pushers of the masturbation agenda!

Now there! They're some of the most selfless folks you could ever meet.

[Yaelle]

"When will we sheep finally be able to be-e-e-e-e-d anyone we want?"

[Eighth Square]

Within another 10 years I’ll be able to marry my refrigerator and draw social security for both of us! Whoopee! What a country! Better yet, the fridge will be able to apply for citizenship and sue if it doesn’t get it!

[Scotswife]

this explains the Book of Leviticus

[Junior]

sure, why not, we're close to having absolutely NO morals in this country whatsoever...

You do realize you can have morals without making those morals laws, don't you?