RE: Responding to "Homosexuality is wrong, the same way incest is wrong"
May 22, 2015 at 7:00 pm
(May 22, 2015 at 6:47 pm)Esquilax Wrote:SteelCurtain Wrote:So if there is an increased likelihood of having handicapped children, it should be outlawed.
Wouldn't a consistent application of that logic also preclude, say, handicapped people from having children, where that handicap is inheritable? Where do you draw the line, in terms of what's an acceptable likelihood of genetic defects?
For me there is a difference between potentially passing on a genetic defect that one or both parents have, and potentially creating one.
If two otherwise healthy adults who are directly related have a significant chance to create a child with mental retardation or other defect, I would say a line could be drawn.
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