Homosexual marriages?

[Southtown]

There are actually a number of other legal benifits of married couples Southtown.

 

Some related to insurance (death benifits, child custody, etc) others to property. So while I agree with you that the government should distance itself from marraige, there are civil regulations that are mixed up in the issue.

None of which should be, IMO.

[Southtown]

At the risk of drifting onto the topic of the thread, the difficulty comes yet again from intermixing religio-cultural criteria with secular law.

Precisely. The problem people have with the government redefining marriage is that the government didn't define it in the first place.

[Boerseun]

As another angle on the story:

 

Back in Egyptian and Roman times, it was common practice for the Head of State (the Pharaoh or Ceasar) to have a kid (or kids) with his sister or mother in order to ensure the purity of the next ruler's blood.

 

I will go and do some research on this, but I can't remember any cases of birth defects amongst the ruler's offspring.

 

This might be an attempt at a scientific justification for one of our deepest societal taboos. But it's not to say that its true, though.

[Turtle]

As another angle on the story:

 

Back in Egyptian and Roman times, it was common practice for the Head of State (the Pharaoh or Ceasar) to have a kid (or kids) with his sister or mother in order to ensure the purity of the next ruler's blood.

 

I will go and do some research on this, but I can't remember any cases of birth defects amongst the ruler's offspring.

 

This might be an attempt at a scientific justification for one of our deepest societal taboos. But it's not to say that its true, though.

 

It is true; so say I.:) The Wicky article I linked earlier has a section under inbreeding on royalty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbreeding#Royalty_and_nobility

 

Then we have gargle or your search engine of choice:

Web Search ResultsResults 1 - 10 of about 2,360 for inbreeding in royalty

Folks is gettin' busy, that's apparent ( a parent; get it? :cup: )