Originally posted by popcornbird
I understand what you're saying, but when the government shouldn't be able to force the ban of gay marriages on people, why can they force the ban of marriages between relatives? Why is that ok? They are BOTH religiously immoral. Why is one ok and not the other? That is my question. They can both be said as wrong from a scientific point of view, but.....what happened to freedom of choice, when it comes to this issue?

Congrats on you impending Quadrapillarhood.....


http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/?article=law&refid=009

Both are religiously immoral but marriages between
family members is prohibited more by natural laws than religious laws. "Royal" families were decimated by intermarriage..Those laws were put in place by the ruling families themselves..After a few generations the 'lineage' crumbled upon itself...practicality, and the desire for families to keep power were more important than religious convictions...

Science says that same sex relationships are against the basic rules of procreation...because we are not animals our desires and needs as people
come before the basic desire to rut.

Animals do 'it' instinctually, we look for a partners from the standpoint of what makes us comfortable and what we find attractive in another being....

Intermarriage had more of a consequntial effect on the products of such a union....e.g. Birth Defects.......a same sex marriage has no 'products', but the pair has to be socially and physically responsible to each other....when people get sloppy they run into problems.