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Originally Posted by wilbjammin
As I said earlier, there is no will to legalize incest. To champion that issue would be political suicide and is not going to accomplish anything. I'm not saying that it would simply be a "pain" to have it legalized. I'm saying that it won't get legalized at this point, even if a few champions of it emerge in Congress.
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You missed his point. Regardless of how difficult (or impossible) it would be to legalize incest, regardless of whether this is the ideal time to make an attempt, is legalizing incest a desirable action? Would you support its legalization if such advocacy wasn't political suicide?
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I think that much of the confusion of this thread can be alleviated by the pro-gay marriage side listing their points as to why the definition of marriage should be changed to include same-sex partners.
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But it'd be equally useful for you to list reasons why the definition should
not be changed. And if you can't come up with a solid reason, then it matters little how weak the pro-gay marriage points are. You listed an interesting one, gay marriage increasing homosexuality. Assuming for a moment that your anecdotal evidence was sufficient, and assuming that homosexuality is immoral in some way, here is my response: mere negative influence is not a sufficient reason to disallow something. KKK leaflets shouldn't be illegal, nor should condoms (to use an example outside of free speech), despite my belief that the presence of either in society carrys a negative influence.