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:: Friday, November 21, 2003 ::
The Volokh Conspiracy
Polygamous and incestuous marriages: By the way, concerns that the Massachusetts homosexual marriage decision may lead to legalization of adult incestuous marriages and even polygamous marriages seem to me quite plausible. The court says that the parties "do not attack the binary nature of marriage" or "the consanguinity provisions." (See also footnote 34, "Nothing in our opinion today should be construed as relaxing or abrogating the consanguinity or polygamous prohibitions of our marriage laws.") But the court's reasoning seems to apply equally to those, too.
Am I the only one that doesn't care about consensual adults forming whatever kind of relationship they choose no matter how much it screams of psychological issues???
:: Jim Nichols 11/21/2003 12:35:00 AM [+] ::
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