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Switzerland's Move to Legalize Incest

The document discusses a proposal in Switzerland to decriminalize incest between consenting adults. It notes that parliament has proposed removing the law against incest, and now the government will vote on the proposal. Supporters argue that two consenting adults should be able to have sex even if they are close relatives. However, others oppose legalizing incest and argue it remains a difficult moral issue. The government will now consider decriminalizing incest in Switzerland.

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Switzerland's Move to Legalize Incest

The document discusses a proposal in Switzerland to decriminalize incest between consenting adults. It notes that parliament has proposed removing the law against incest, and now the government will vote on the proposal. Supporters argue that two consenting adults should be able to have sex even if they are close relatives. However, others oppose legalizing incest and argue it remains a difficult moral issue. The government will now consider decriminalizing incest in Switzerland.

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Sex between close relatives may be allowed - now the Government will consider the proposal Switzerland wants to legalize incest. Parliament has proposed that the law is removed, and now the Government will cast the deciding vote. - Incest is a difficult moral issue, but the answer is not punishment, "said Daniel Vischer, MP for Schweizs Green Party. Two adults must be able to have sex under mutual consent - even if they are close relatives. It says the so-called Conseil, the upper house of the Swiss tvkammarparlamentet. The government will now consider their proposals for the decriminalization of incest. - Incest is a difficult moral issue, but the answer is not punishment, "said Daniel Vischer, MP for Schweizs Green Party as the British newspaper Telegraph. Today incest is punishable by up to three years. Since 1984, only three cases had been up to justice. The proposal has encountered resistance. - I do not sanction such a law is removed from the statute book, says Barbara Schmid Federer belonging to the Christian People's Party to the Telegraph. - Murder is also quite rare in Switzerland. But there is no reason to legalize it, "says the Protestant People's Party under Telegraph [Link] [Link]

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Incest can be legal in Switzerland
Sex between close relatives may be allowed - now the 
Government will consider the
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Exorcism priest had sex with daughter
2009-06-19 http://www.thelocal.se/9683/20080117/
Father 'filmed mother abus
Inbreeding, Incest, and the Incest Taboo : The State of Knowledge at the Turn of the Cent...
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http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a787357182~db=all
Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom
Taslitz, Andrew E..
Incest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest
Incest - Prevalence Of Incest http://family.jr
http://lib.bioinfo.pl/meid:290390
New DOJ Crime Data Released: Rate of Sexual Violence Well Below R... 
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