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Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by FlannelPancake on Friday June 26, 2015 @11:12AM (#9785026)
Incest - maybe. There's a clear harm involved there (inbreeding depression) that's much more substantive than anything used to argue against gay marriage.

Polygamy - We probably will revisit our stance on polygamy in decades to come. Historically it's been used in a way that's profoundly imbalanced towards women (i.e. almost exclusively polygyny), but it's not hard to imagine a future where that's not the case.

Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by pgeorgi on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:29PM (#9785784)
The risk to offspring is definitely higher with certain genetic diseases than with relatives.

The case against incest can be made on that base when eugenics are re-established and codified into law. As-is the only argument that holds water is "yuck" - one that same sex marriage proponents should be vaguely familiar with.

Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by matt-attack on Friday June 26, 2015 @11:50AM (#9785395)
> There's a clear harm involved there

You conflation of marriage with breeding should be rethought. I suppose infertile couples should be allowed to marry since they cannot bear children?

Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by raisedbyninjas on Friday June 26, 2015 @12:27PM (#9785765)
Also brothers, sisters, mom and daughter, nephew and uncle
Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by anonz_ on Friday June 26, 2015 @01:07PM (#9786138)
> Historically it's been used in a way that's profoundly imbalanced towards women (i.e. almost exclusively polygyny)

Any biologists care to chime in on this? It cuts both ways, and is more complicated than that.

I don't understand how polygamy is imbalanced toward woman. They get a stake of the alpha's attention and him providing for them. In the current system, it's AFBB. The beta male foots the bill for alpha seed.