Originally posted by RICHARD
There is a reason that sibs are not allowed to be married......birth defects.....look back at the inter marriages in royal 'families' in order to keep blood lines 'clean'.....
What about AIDS that comes with unprotected homosexual activity? If you can justify that with birth defects...........

Previously, others said that having children is not what validates a marriage, and I agree with that. A marriage can be perfectly valid without children. What if a brother and a sister want to get married, and do things in a *protected* way, and not get any children. Why stop them? Isn't it against their rights? If its against a gay's rights to ban them from marrying a person of the same gender, then I suppose, its against a person's rights to ban him/her from marrying a sibling. After all, who is the government to force their beliefs on individuals, as you all say??? Answer this question with an answer that makes sense, and we'll move on. Why is it against the law to marry a close relative? Its against religion, but what if someone else doesn't choose to believe in that??? I say, the government is discriminating! They're imposing their beliefs against the marriage of close relatives on others. How very discriminatory. *shakes head*

As far as having a gay relative, I have no one in my family that would EVER do something like that, BUT, if I did, I would try my best to talk them out of it, to explain issues to them nicely, etc. If they leave it, they would be forgiven. If not, quite frankly, I would leave it up to God to judge them, and honestly would feel terrible about their actions. Of course the natural feeling of love that comes with kinship would still be there, but I would be frowning big time, upon their actions, and praying that God guides them to the right path.