(September 1, 2015 at 6:35 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I voted A (Yes, with no restrictions) because I don't believe the government should restrict two consenting adults from doing something which is victimless, or which only harms the two participants themselves.
The act of marriage itself has nothing to do with bearing children, so citing that as a reason for prohibiting it is the exact same line of reasoning that bigots used against gay marriage (and is invalid).
Now, whether there should be separate restrictions on siblings from procreating is an entirely separate issue, and should be treated as such, because it has the potential to harm another person (the child). However, saying that, prohibiting people from procreation because their child may be harmed is a slippery slope; should we for instance prohibit two people with a deadly genetic disorder from procreating, since their child will in all likelihood also inherit the condition? It's a difficult question and one that needs proper thought before answering (a bit like my position on abortion).
The question of marriage however is easier to answer. Yes, absolutely, with no restrictions.
Surely procreation wouldn't be a separate issue?
It's kind of like saying, we support your union together, it's fine for you to live together as husband and wife, but please just wait until the decision has been made about if you can have sex in the bed you share together.
Admittedly I don't know much about law but in practical terms it seems illogical to say yes brothers and sisters can get married, but don't start having sex. You're going to have a brother lying next to his sister in their honeymoon suite, I don' think he's going to pay attention to procreation laws, nature's just going to take its course and they're going to be pounding like rabbits.
I really don't care about marriage personally it doesn't effect me, a man could marry a table, doesn't bother me at all.
And I'm pretty sure it's still legal to drink and smoke while pregnant too and to get pregnant when very old so I think if incest is illegal due to birth problems then these things should also be looked at with more scrutiny.
So with those things in mind I think you're right the issue is extremely complicated and difficult.
I don't actually know what marriage is for to begin with, but I think universally it's pretty much acknowledged that if people are getting married some sex is about to happen at some stage, and in the case of a brother and sister with a healthy reproductive system that will result in babies.
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