Are people against a brother marrying his sister, sibling-phobic? (please read on)?

Question

How about a father marrying his adult son? In other words, what exactly is discrimination? And who decides when it is or isn't?

jeffersonian73 (below) Since we live in an abortions for all society, the genetic offspring issue is fairly mute.

Answer 1

Biologically speaking, incest creates genetic difficulties in offspring, that dooms them to birth defects and other abnormalities. if you were one of these people born with these kind of problems, because your parents were brother and sister, would you be appreciative?
Sometimes, society does have to protect people from their own lack of logic in cases where problems have a high chance of occuring. This is one of those situations.
If it the frequency of birth defects was very small, say as small as it is among nonincestual offspring, i would say let em do what they want. But in reality the frequency of normal births of healthy offspring among incestial offspring is very very small.

Answer 2

I'm not for government telling people what to do, but in the case of closely related people marrying, there is more to it than a matter of two consenting adults. Any children born to such a marriage could have serious physical complications, and could live in misery as a result. Bringing a child into the world under those circumstances is not right, as you are effectively forcing your decisions on a third party that has no say in the matter. For that reason, I would be for some type of preventative regulation. For instance, the man could have a vasectomy or the woman could have her tubes tied - problem solved. Now we're back to the issue of two consenting adults and the government should butt out.

Answer 3

I guess those things make about as much sense as a man marrying a man, or a woman marrying a woman. They are all aberrant behavior. Or am I homophobic and sibling phobic and molestation phobic?

Answer 4

No, like most humans they abhor incest. The incest taboo is almost universal in organized societies. If it's not instinctual, then it's certainly a basic decision that's made very early in a society's or a tribe's history.

Does outlawing the marriage of first degree relatives contribute to the well being and stability of society? The answer is yes, and the issue not disputed except by a few whackos.

Does outlawing the marriage of blacks and whites contribute to the well being and stability of society? It was once thought so and strong arguments were made in favor of the ban! Were these laws discriminatory and racist? You bet!

It's the same debate that's being held on the gay marriage issue. Just substitute "gay" for "blacks and whites".

Answer 5

I'm against the government meddling in the affairs of marriage altogether. Civil unions for everybody!

Answer 6

I find incest really, really, reeeeaaaallly gross. But I actually think it should be legal between consenting parties. Either that, or everyone who has an increased chance of passing on bad genes should be prohibited from breeding. There have been cases of siblings growing up apart and falling in love later, and that actually isn't too disturbing to me.
However, I would think any parent/child...thing....would stem from some sort of abusive household or mental illness, as would a relationship between siblings who grew up together. In those cases, the parties should be thoroughly evaluated by psychologists...

Answer 7

I've been trying for years to marry one of my toenails but the government won't allow it. This is clearly discrimination and I am waiting for the ACLU to return my calls.