Quote:You bring up an excellent point regarding incest. As learned from the nobility of Europe inbreeding has some serious side effects over many generations but not right away. As it is right now the states may prohibit persons from incestuous relationships under rational basis (the state has a legitimate interest and the discrimination is reasonably related to that interest) under the rational that
1)Incestuous relationships are in opposition to the biological goal of dihybrid procreative means practiced by humans and all hominids.
2)Incestuous relationships are psychologically harming to the people directly and indirectly involved (such as the resultant children).
3)The state does not wish to encourage or promote the engagement of incestuous relations which may reasonable result in incestuous relations with children who are underage.
Under the petitioners propose change to a fundamental right that is recognition and dignity/security centric none of those reasons will pass strict scrutiny.
But the point I was making is that it isn't just gay people who can't procreate with one another, and it isn't just incestuous relationships that cause birth defects.
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