INCEST

[Dystopia]

My take on incest is a mixed one - I have no issue with people engaging in incestuous behavior and I don't think it should be illegal as long as both participants are adults and fully consenting - It's a grey area because of parental relationships where one person depends on the other and may be "forced" to do stuff they wouldn't want to. But yeah, I don't have any issue with incest, it's ok if people are enjoying it, but I wouldn't do it - I think the concept of family love we have created is based on the idea of platonic love - The love of parents for their children, between siblings, grandparents and grandsons, etc - It's a kind of love we cherish and it's completely incompatible with sexual relationships due to its nature - I like this concept and I prefer to raise a family without incestuous relationships as those have the possibility to affect people's lives significantly but I have nothing against other people doing it.

As for incestuous marriage, I don't see reasons to legalize it just because two people are consenting to it - There's not a lot of legal advantages and since I'm a law student I dont' care about people's feelings. The law reflects the social consensus on institutions - There isn't a strong social consensus that incestuous relationships are marriage material because of the family concept we have created - Therefore, I see no reason to legalize incestuous marriage. I'm ok with third degree cousins marrying though - My girlfriend's adoptive parents are third degree cousins and they got married.