[Trace21230]

A consenting adult is 16. My daughter is 17. Can I have sex with her ?

No, but for reasons totally unrelated to those espoused by the moralists in their crusade against gay people.

The main reason incest is criminalized is because children from incestuous unions are more likely to be deformed, mentally retarded, and generally undesirable.

There is no such risk with consensual gay sex.

I concede that there were undoubtedly religious and moral beliefs that motivated the anti-incest laws when they were first passed.

Even though these reasons are inappropriate grounds for passing laws limiting personal behavior, there are other legitimate bases for outlawing incest, noted above.

I'm just wondering when the simpletons here will realize that consensual gay sex is not incest. Nor is it pedophilia, nor is it bestiality. The concept is not a difficult one to grasp.

Trace

[VRWC_minion]

The main reason incest is criminalized is because children from incestuous unions are more likely to be deformed, mentally retarded, and generally undesirable.

So, If I put my 17 year old daughter on the pill we can then have sex.

[tomahawk]

We're not "simpletons" to believe that the Constitution doesn't prohibit laws on the books for 140 years that say that buggery is illegal. We're constitutionalists.

[The Red Zone]

The main reason incest is criminalized is because children from incestuous unions are more likely to be deformed, mentally retarded, and generally undesirable.

But what if she takes the pill? Then is it OK?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Don't forget the inherent possibilities of abuse of power and trust as well as the manipulation that goes along with incest - which is why it is deemed a criminal act.

[wardaddy]

The main reason incest is criminalized is because children from incestuous unions are more likely to be deformed, mentally retarded, and generally undesirable.

I beg to differ. The main reason against incest and rather obvious is the detriment to the child being sexually abused or used by the adult parent. I'm not aware of any cultures outside dog cultures that endorse parent/child incest.

[Antoninus]

The main reason incest is criminalized is because children from incestuous unions are more likely to be deformed, mentally retarded, and generally undesirable.

So using this logic, I guess a father can screw his 16 year old son, then? If not, on what grounds would you oppose such acts?

[Antoninus]

The main reason incest is criminalized is because children from incestuous unions are more likely to be deformed, mentally retarded, and generally undesirable.

So using this logic, I guess a father can screw his 16 year old son, then? If not, on what grounds would you oppose such acts?

[Antoninus]

The main reason incest is criminalized is because children from incestuous unions are more likely to be deformed, mentally retarded, and generally undesirable.

So using this logic, I guess a father can screw his 16 year old son, then? If not, on what grounds would you oppose such acts?

[El Gato]

The main reason incest is criminalized is because children from incestuous unions are more likely to be deformed, mentally retarded, and generally undesirable.

There is no such risk with consensual gay sex.

True, but there are other risks to public health, risks that extend way beyond any "product" of an incestuous union. Not to mention the risks to the public purse when those risks manifest themselves, and under "equal protection" we the taxpayers, will have to pay for the treatment and sustainment of the doomed individual(s).

Besides who are we to say that a deformed and/or mentally retarded kid is "generally undesirable"? </ sarcasm