Incest remains illegal in Germany

[minionofmidas]

And he's had a vasectomy done by now. Which the law doesn't care about.

[minionofmidas]

It's not banned becuase it's immoral.

No, the ban was (at least officially) upheld not because it's immoral, but it was originally passed largely on such grounds.

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The court's vice president, Winfried Hassemer.

[minionofmidas]

Apart from wishing to note that this case would be quite illegal even without the incest ban...

What did the kids grow up like? Locked into the cellar, too?

[minionofmidas]

[shakes head in wonder] Ah, Western Europeans. Classy bunch.

[minionofmidas]

"Austria is one of those happy countries where a woman can walk across a park at night in perfect safety. It's only when she gets home when the danger begins."

[minionofmidas]

Brother-Sister incest has really only become "rare" quite recently.