Oh dear, we knew it would come to this--what with the whole same-sex-marriage thing--but so soon?(The Week)(Brief Article)

National Review | June 28, 2004 | Copyright

* Oh dear, we knew it would come to this--what with the whole same-sex-marriage thing--but so soon? In New Zealand, Professor Peter Munz, a historian at Wellington's Victoria University, has recommended to the country's parliament that incest between (among?) consenting adults be legalized. In the past, averred Prof. Munz, incest was considered a travesty only because "nubile women" would be wasted on "local people" unless they were married off into other tribes. But women are no longer needed for dynastic and trade alliances, and ...

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