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Originally Posted by Incognitas
I must say I can't see the point of the present law.  |
The current laws on consanguinity, even though they were, to some extent, revised by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 date back a *long* time.
"The ways that A may be related to B are as parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece."
(see
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/30042--b.htm#64 if you're interested in the details)
Ok, it can be argued that it's sensible not to allow close relatives to marry because of the possible risk of re-inforcing bad genes, but when there's no blood relationship it's just silly.