It is interesting to note just how much information that there is out there-both for and against- marriage that is not just between two unrelated people. In addition, there is anthropological information that describes the various cultural practices across geographical and cultural lines as well as historically.
I bring this up now as proof that certain people on this board who claim that polygamy and sibling marriage should or even must be allowed as a right do not really give a crap about the topic, or about anyone’s rights. If they did, they would have done the research and made the case for it- and the fact is that there is a case to be made –and there is some support for both sibling marriage and polygamy.
However, what we have seen here is nothing but thinly veiled bigotry by people who only want to derail the conversation about same sex marriage and stoke slippery slope fears-At the same time, they moronically accusing anyone who does not endorse sibling marriage and polygamy as bigots.
They could have presented an honest and balance case discussing the pros and cons but did no such thing. Rather, they have engaged to anti-intellectual and dishonest blathering and trolling. They pretend that they understand the legal issue while doing nothing more than making it up as they go.
I took the time to pull together a few articles that discuss various views on and aspects of these subjects-that I think are quite interesting. This is, in no way, to be taken as either and endorsement of, or condemnation of polygamy, sibling marriage or any other practice.
Dedicated to Boss and Pop…….see if you can learn something from this boys. Maybe it’s time to come up with an honest argument against same sex marriage and stop trying to bullshit people.
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Incest/Inbreeding Taboos - Sibling Marriage And Human Isolates
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There are several reliable examples of human communities where incest and/or close inbreeding have occurred on a regular and systematic basis. These examples include not only the well known cases of royal family incest but also incestuous practices among commoners. This social class distinction is important to note because human sociobiologists have dismissed the many instances of royal incest as exceptional and of no consequence to the debate. Cases involving commoners, where sibling or other incestuous marriages are usual and systematic, strongly challenge sociobiological suggestions that a selection mechanism exists to prevent inbreeding.
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While cousin marriage is legal in most, and avunculate marriage is legal in many countries, sexual relations between siblings is considered incestuous almost universally. However, the innate sexual aversion (taboo against sexual attraction) between siblings forms due to close association in childhood. Thus, children who grow up together do not develop sexual attraction, even if they are unrelated, and conversely, siblings who were separated at a young age may develop sexual attraction. Thus, most cases of sibling incest, including
accidental incest in the case of couples who met without being aware of their being siblings, concern siblings who were separated at birth or at a very young age.
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However, laws prohibiting incest between siblings have come under attack in recent years as defining a victimless crime, and violating the human rights of siblings who wish to have sexual relations as consenting adults.
Sibling relationship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Opinion: Sibling marriage? Why not? Opinion: Sibling marriage? Why not?
Proponents of same-sex marriage say it is a fundamental right, protected by the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In other words, no line should be drawn between marriage rights for same-sex and heterosexual couples. Opponents counter by saying that historical definitions of marriage, as well as important public-policy considerations, should be the basis of such laws; lines may be drawn.
But even framing the issue points out the vexing question that the Supreme Court will have to wrestle with when it reviews this decision: If marriage is a fundamental and inviolable right under the Fourteenth Amendment, why must it be limited to same-sex, otherwise non-related, couples? Why doesn’t the same constitutional principle apply to plural marriages? Or to otherwise closely related couples? Why not marriages between brothers and sisters? Uncles and nieces?
Actually, no, they did not actually grapple with that issue and made no mention of it as it was not a question before the court. However, as I have said before, if such a case were to be brought, they would indeed have to rule on it, on its own merits while considering what rational basis, or possible what government interest there is in prohibiting those practices.
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And there is this that they could have used if they were intellectually invested in the issue:
Legalize Polygamy! Next Step: We Need to Legalize Polygamy. No Joke.
Yes, really. While the Supreme Court and the rest of us are all focused on the human right of marriage equality, let’s not forget that the fight doesn’t end with same-sex marriage. We need to legalize polygamy, too. Legalized polygamy in the United States is the constitutional, feminist, and sex-positive choice. More importantly, it would actually help protect, empower, and strengthen women, children, and families.
For decades, the prevailing logic has been that polygamy hurts women and children. That makes sense, since in contemporary American practice that is often the case. In many Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints polygamous communities, for example,
women and underage girls are forced into polygamous unions against their will. Some boys, who represent the surplus of males, are brutally
thrown out of their homes and driven into homelessness and poverty at very young ages. All of these stories are tragic, and the criminals involved should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. (That goes without saying, I hope.)
But legalizing consensual adult polygamy wouldn’t legalize rape or child abuse. In fact, it would make those crimes easier to combat.
The definition of marriage is plastic. Just like heterosexual marriage is no better or worse than homosexual marriage, marriage between two consenting adults is not inherently more or less “correct” than marriage among three (or four, or six) consenting adults. Though polygamists are a minority—a tiny minority, in fact—freedom has no value unless it extends to even the smallest and most marginalized groups among us.