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Incest a 'fundamental right', German committee says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk ^
| 09/24/2014
| By Justin Huggler, Berlin
Posted on 09/24/2014 11:57:13 AM PDT by redreno
Laws banning incest between brothers and sisters in Germany could be scraped after a government ethics committee said the they were an unacceptable intrusion into the right to sexual self-determination.
“Criminal law is not the appropriate means to preserve a social taboo,” the German Ethics Council said in a statement. “The fundamental right of adult siblings to sexual self-determination is to be weighed more heavily than the abstract idea of protection of the family.”
Their intervention follows a notorious case in which a brother and sister living as partners in Saxony had four children together. The couple had been raised separately and only met when the brother, identified only as Patrick S, was an adult, and his sister Susan K was 16.
Patrick S was sentenced to more than three years in prison for incest and the couple have since failed in their bid to have the guilty verdict overturned by the European Court of Human Rights.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Germany
KEYWORDS: eussr; germanethics; germany; germanyincest; homosexualagenda; incest; keepitinthefamily; libertarianagenda; moralabsolutes; socialtaboo; sodomandgomorrah
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To: redreno
Patrick Stübing (born 1977 in Leipzig, East Germany) is a German locksmith who has been in an incestuous relationship with his biological sister, Susan Karolewski, since 2001. The relationship has produced four children: Eric, Sarah, Nancy, and Sofia. Sofia, the only healthy child, remains with the couple. Two children suffer from severe physical and mental disabilities, and another was born with a heart condition that required a heart transplant. All three disabled children were placed in foster care. -- Wikipedia
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posted on
09/24/2014 2:49:40 PM PDT
by
x
To: redreno
When libertinism reared its head most recently, that it would lead to this, as an argument against it, would have been ridiculed. But here we are.
To: Objective Scrutator
Well if WWII wasn’t enough I doubt there is anything that ever will.
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posted on
09/24/2014 3:51:16 PM PDT
by
To Hell With Poverty
(Epesians 6:12 becomes more real to me with each news cycle.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
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posted on
09/24/2014 4:30:41 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: redreno
What about brother-brother relationships? Are germans homophobic? ;)
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posted on
09/24/2014 5:29:21 PM PDT
by
massmike
("You only live once, but it does help if you get to be young twice.")
To: massmike
What is to stop a pair of sisters in California, for example, from getting married so that they can take advantage of spousal benefits?
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posted on
09/24/2014 5:41:32 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
I’m sure it’s only a lawsuit away.........
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posted on
09/24/2014 5:44:55 PM PDT
by
massmike
("You only live once, but it does help if you get to be young twice.")
To: Steve_Seattle
If the brother and sister get married , who pays for the wedding?
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posted on
09/24/2014 10:06:48 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
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