Thursday, March 13, 2008




Sibling Sex Remains Prosecutable in Germany
Germany's high court ruled on Thursday that laws against incest do not violate the constitution. The ruling means that a man in a high-profile national incest case will soon be sent to prison for siring four children with his sister.

In its ruling, the court stated legislators had not overreached their jurisdiction with laws that "protect the family order by punishing the damaging effects of incest." The inferior partner in such cases, the court said, must be protected. The court also stated that children spawned through incest had an increased risk of suffering from severe genetic damage.

The court's vice president, Winfred Hassemer, offered the sole dissent -- saying he felt the punishment must be commensurate with the offense, and that this went too far. "Much speaks for the fact that the regulation in its current state is based exclusively on moral beliefs rather than with the objective of legal protection."

... well, technically, in a state of law based on social damage ...
... the sex itself should not be persecuted ...
... because sex itself does not cause social damage ...
... in certain circumstances ...
... eg, when one or both the partners may be sterile ...
... while it remains the social cost of the possible genetic defects ...
... related to the procreation ...
... which is something of social concern in terms of national medical costs ...


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