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Friday, March 23, 2007
Chuck Colson :: Townhall.com Columnist
Saw This One Coming
by Chuck Colson
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Roberto Rivera, "The Ballad of Patrick and Susan," The Point, 8 March 2007.

Tristana Moore, "Couple Stand by Forbidden Love," BBC News, 7 March 2007.

BreakPoint Commentary No. 050817, "Taking the Plunge: A Case of Incest."

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Robert George, "Rick Santorum is Right," National Review Online, 27 May 2003.
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Chuck Colson was the Chief Counsel for Richard Nixon and served time in prison for Watergate-related charges. In 1976, Colson founded Prison Fellowship Ministries, which, in collaboration with churches of all confessions and denominations, has become the world's largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners, crime victims, and their families.
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Apr 2, 2007 - 2:42 AM EST
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Incest....
Just another example of why we don't want to be more like Europe....

Been to West Virgina Lately?

Incest is best left in comics, but I "dated" my first cousin one night. It was just like any other girl I dated. She did however turn up with an honest to god Bull Dyke flanel shirt and all next Thanksgiving.

I think these 2 should be giving a break.
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Reply # 2
Date: Mar 28, 2007 - 4:15 PM EST
Talk about an "out there" case
Has anyone else notice how bizarre this situation really is? These two people may be genetically related, but they didn't meet each other until they were adults. For me, that fact takes all of the "ick" factor of this particular situation. The "ick" fator of incest is the thought of being intimate with your own brothers or sisters--with whom you were forced to share a house for YEARS during the most obnoxious phases of life (infancy, childhood, and adolesence). This situation is essentially two adult strangers meet and fall in love--and incidently are related. This doesn't mean that the law should be changed, they knew they were siblings when they began their relationship and society has a right to set such legal boundaries. But somehow I don't think that people would be lining up to marry their siblings even if the law did change, it's just to icky.
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