Once marriage became a Love-Right, then limits on number and consanguinity became irrelevant. The state’s highest court has toppled a cultural taboo — legalizing a degree of incest, at least between an uncle and niece — in a unanimous ruling. While the laws against “parent-child and brother-sister marriages … are grounded in the almost universal horror with which such marriages are viewed … there is no comparably strong objection to
incest
October 31, 2014
They are consenting adults; so NY State sees nothing wrong about an uncle and niece marriage [Darleen Click]
September 12, 2012
What’s the BFD about incest? “Love who you want. Isn’t that what we say? Gay marriage – love who you want?” [Darleen Click]
I was planning a whole opening paragraph outlining how arguments about same-sex marriage eventually dissolve into pro-SSM advocates sneering that those opposed to, or even question the wisdom of, the radical redefinition of marriage are arguing in bad faith if the subjects of polygamy or incest come up. Ahem … Writer-director Nick Cassavetes unveiled his new movie “Yellow” at the Toronto Film Festival this weekend and found himself defending the