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1. [.....Polygamy never applies to men and women, only to men. Equal protection under the law pretty much knocks that one down.....]

Actually, in parts of India, they have a marriage practice that is called Polyandry, in which a woman is allowed to marry two or more men. If immigrants from that culture of India were to move here, then that would take care of the equal protecton problem.

2. [.....Society has a vested interest in preventing deformed or genetically weak children as much as possible. Incestual intercourse and marriage must then be stopped....]

A more effective way of preventing deformed children, would be to sterilize adults born with birth defects. The US government carried out such acts until the 1960s. Would you support that?

But you have to remember that, Americans were so horrified at Hitler's eugenics programs after World War Two, that they outlawed the sterilization of people born with disabilities from the 1960s onwards.

The fact that American society today, permits people born with genetic defects to have children, but punishes people for incest, reflects the moral values that Americans hold dear to their hearts. Those moral values are reflected in their laws. Laws cannot be totally independent of the values of the people who pass such laws.

"Actually, in parts of India, they have a marriage practice that is called Polyandry, in which a woman is allowed to marry two or more men. If immigrants from that culture of India were to move here, then that would take care of the equal protecton problem."

This is possibly the least logical, most nonsensical argument I have ever heard. Polygamy is one man marrying many women. As I said before, the government has the right to regulate marriage however it wants because it is a civil contract. If you want to tell me I can't live with 20 consenting adult women and have sex with them, go for it. You're wrong though. We'll see if any members of that society ever make it to this country with that belief in place. But nonetheless, in the United States, polygamy is female slavery.

2) Look, we can ban incestual marriage, and we do. Incestual sex between two consenting adults is a bad idea, but it isn't illegal. And if it is somewhere, it shouldn't be. What part of any of my statements leads you to believe I'd advocate the government being given the power to sterilize people? Are you paying attention to anything I'm saying? I want the government to interfere less in our lives. As a fan of FDR, I suppose you will disagree with me on this, but the government rarely if ever does things well. Regulating morality onto people's hearts is one thing I can't see the government doing at all.

3) Should the government be allowed to regulate masturbation? Because it involves pretty much the same rights here.