should a brother and sister be allowed to marry?

Question

Well after all people believe that it's ok for two men or two women to get married and they claim that it's ok aslong as they both love each other and are committed to each other, wel what about a brother and sister who love each other and are committed to each other should they be allowed to get married to.

If one perversion such as homosexuality is tolerated and accepted then it allows other perversions to be tolerated and accepted to. Also what about bigamy and polygamy, should they both be legal, if a man wants to marry 2 or 5 or 10 women should he be allowed to, i mean after all love and committment is all that matters right so therefor it would only seem right to allow the man to marry the 2 or 5 or 10 women wouldnt it.

Or vice versa a woman wants to marry 2 or 5 or 10 men and she claims to love them all and be committed to them all it would only be fair for her to be allowed to marry them wouldnt it.

Answer 1

Nice question. With one question you are able to pronounce your feelings about homosexuality and "perversions" and then equate it to all the other (in your mind) immoral and illegal sexual relations you can think of.

So to answer you: Same-gender marriage is already accepted and tolerated by a significant percentage of our country. It's just the old fogey politicians who fear for their policitical longevity who keep it from becoming legal in more states.

As for polygamy, this has been performed in our country (remember the Mormon's history?) and still performed by small groups of people. There is nothing particularly wrong with it other than it offends some people's moral and/or religious sensibilities. Whether or not it is wrong doesn't seem to matter, if a small group of sexual intimate persons want to co-habitate together, they will.

Sibling marriage is a moot point, siblings don't become attracted enough to each other to want to marry, or we'd be hearing debates on this issue.

And just to be clear on marriage as a foundation -- marriage is a civil/legal union between 2 persons. The state grants the marriage license, not the church. So your particular religious intolerance should not be the basis for deciding who can or cannot get married. I remember reading a story of a man in India who married his grandmother so he could take care of her. I doubt he did it to get his rocks off, it sounded like a real act of caring so I applaud the act of marriage that occasionally goes beyong the norm.

Answer 2

Well, probably so. Recent studies have indicated that there is not the genetic dangers dangers with having children that people thought once loomed.

Really can't see anything wrong with it to tell you the truth. Although if you want less hassle, you could just live together.

Step brothers and sisters get married all the time. And if the genetic problems are really not longer there. Can't really see the difference in step brothers and sisters and biollogical siblings. Although some of the great moralist in this forum will tell you different. But its just their opinion.

Some of the laws regarding such things like this are kind of antiquated, but am sure you could figure out a way if you both really loved each other. The biggest problem would be putting up with the busy bodies who want to intrude on everyone elses lives and tell them what is right and wrong for them.

And to tell you the truth, I really can't see that much wrong with bigamy or polygamy if all parties agree.

A lot of the laws that we have regarding these things I believe sometimes are really based upon some kind of religious doctrines, etc, and shouldn't be.

It is probably time for the laws to be changed regarding these things.

Answer 3

Views vary. But morals stay fit for any number of years. There is a thing called HUMAN VALUES. If you say that HUMAN VALUES can be crossed, then any thing is ok and can be justified as you said, beyond perversion and beyond ....... Do you really want the HUMAN to lead an ANIMALISTIC life?

I do not accept the concept of one guy and many girls. You are trying to justify the revese with this. First of all try to understand the social customs of many societies. I know you are refering to Islamic rites to marry many girls. It is not Islamic, but the rule or the need of the land. Please go back to ages when people in deserts had a tough life. Men were always on move to Far Off places to fetch for their living. During their absence, their women had to be protected. The best way to protect the weeker sex was to make them committed to some one. That is how a man stays in the desert is allowed to marry many women to protect them legally and to serve them their needs. This was a real need of the day and now the situation is different. Please do not try to justify such conditions for todays life style and also try to take advantage in reversing it for one women to many men.

Brother to sister is not only legal and moral, but also it is scientifically bad for generations. If any one can marry any one, then the Human Values are dead and people and Pigs will have no difference, where a pig can ride even its own mother.

Please do not have such thinking and be Human and do not corrupt the society.

Answer 4

The reasons that closely related people shouldn't marry is more scientific, really. Close breeding causes all sorts of birth defects and is completely against the laws of nature, it really doens't have anything to do with homosexuality or anything else.

Also, I really don't know of any woman that would want to be saddled with more than one husband, they are time consuming creatures and a lot of work for us, why would we want more than one? Men that have multiple wives usually do that for their religious reasons, so I'm not entirely certain that polygamy falls into the category of "perversions"

Answer 5

Well let's look at it from this perspective... If it's OK for two men to marry, then why is it suddenly not OK for two siblings to marry?? Eventually the same argument is going to apply to marriage to pets as well. Hey, love is love right?? Who's business is it anyway right?? Isn't that the common argument of the day... people should be able to marry whoever they love right???

Personally I think it's sick but then again, I'm what may be called an old school Christian but by the new standards of the land...Go for it dude!

Answer 6

Absolutely not allowed. Although biblical one family married each other, after which came commandments, laws and rules which turned to be kind of curse if it happened, I have seen this kind of marriages and this what happened. The kids they get are always abnormal in one way or another. 99% of them have disabilities Which am not sure is it as a result of same DNA, genetic or hormonies or other factors. .9From the bible I reffered EVA and ADAM's kids married each other.)

Answer 7

If sex was all the world was about, then your scenarios would work. Nowhere do you consider the fate of children. What you need to do is re-work your questions and arguments and figure in the economics, and the fate of children. Then work out the legalities as far as what happens when the arrangement doesn't work out, economics of that, custody issues, etc., and what happens when one dies? Then what about morality? Where did that go? Think of all the confusion? Heck, it's confusing enough now.

Answer 8

gosh, I hope so! :-)

Really, though ~ about the brother/sister question: there is a reason for not marrying close blood kin. The genetics start getting twisted, and not for the better. The worst defects begin appearing from too closely inbred bloodlines.

Answer 9

Sure it's okay for a brother and sister to marry. Just as long as it's not to each other. And who says it's okay for two women or two men or one man and thirty-two women??? Just how trashy are you willing to be?

Answer 10

I thought about you question,
I ended up thinking "eeewwwwh!!! grosss"
So my conclusion is that it not, you should think ""mmmmm" and "yes!!!, joy oh joy!!!!" etc when marrying.

as for the gay thing, if I was a woman I would definitely be a lesbian so how can I judge women who are lesbian.