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Thanks to the national attention on Prop 8 in California...
Twentytwofifty:
Do the people who support gay marriage also support a brother/sister, father/daughter, etc. marriage also?
Javier:
--- Quote from: Knuckles on November 08, 2008, 06:10:17 PM ---Do the people who support gay marriage also support a brother/sister, father/daughter, etc. marriage also?
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Incest is socially taboo and the reason for that is because most incest cases are non consensual, usually involved one partner being more dominant to the other. Allowing incest will make it extremely difficult to judge who is getting married for love and who is getting married because of some sort of abuse. Gay Marriage doesn't bring that to the table.
Twentytwofifty:
--- Quote from: Mr. Javii on November 08, 2008, 06:35:15 PM ---Incest is socially taboo and the reason for that is because most incest cases are non consensual, usually involved one partner being more dominant to the other. Allowing incest will make it extremely difficult to judge who is getting married for love and who is getting married because of some sort of abuse. Gay Marriage doesn't bring that to the table.
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I'll make it easy, would you be for a 30 year old male to marry his 29 year old sister, it is totally consensual and they say they both love each other?
As for my personal opinion, I could care less about gay marriage. I wouldn't lose any sleep at night if gay people were allowed to get married or not. If I saw it on a ballot I would just leave it blank.
It's the same for people who are related too, doesn't affect me, could care less.
Javier:
--- Quote from: Knuckles on November 08, 2008, 06:52:21 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mr. Javii on November 08, 2008, 06:35:15 PM ---Incest is socially taboo and the reason for that is because most incest cases are non consensual, usually involved one partner being more dominant to the other. Allowing incest will make it extremely difficult to judge who is getting married for love and who is getting married because of some sort of abuse. Gay Marriage doesn't bring that to the table.
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I'll make it easy, would you be for a 30 year old male to marry his 29 year old sister, it is totally consensual and they say they both love each other?
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I would be indifferent about it and if that's what they want go for it, but my point is that it's still socially unaccepted because of the cases of abuse. If people are able to distinguish that difference, then it would become a case that gets talked about. Our culture is really far from that, so I wouldn't expect it to be an issue anytime soon. On the other hand, the taboo of being gay is slowly being removed. Gays are receiving the separate but equal treatment with the marriage and civil unions talk. It should be marriage for all or civil unions for all(leave the marriage licenses to the Churches).
Sikotic™:
--- Quote from: Knuckles on November 08, 2008, 06:10:17 PM ---Do the people who support gay marriage also support a brother/sister, father/daughter, etc. marriage also?
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That can lead to the possibility of having defected children. That negaively affects an individual, thus why it is illegal.
I think some states actually allow it if they do not reproduce. In that case, it's their business, not yours or anybody else's.
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