06-26-2015, 12:55 PM
Although marriage has nothing to do with sex, it is a legal union, currently between 2 people. Partners may or may not have sex, or children, they don't have to live together, you can write your own vows etc., you need not go to a church Regarding the places were incest is ok but not legal to be married....why is that?
Israel[edit]
See also: Jewish views on incest
Consensual incest between adults is legal in Israel
India[edit]
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) does not contain any specific provision against incest, but there are general provisions relating to sexual abuse of children by their custodian, such as a parent or teacher.[11][12]
Thailand[edit]
Consensual incest between adults aging from 18 years old is not prohibited by law in Thailand. Incestuous marriage is prohibited by law.
Netherlands[edit]
Some references said that consensual incest between adults is legal in the Netherlands[6] and half siblings may marry under special approval of the government.[citation needed], but according to Dutch government website,[56] Parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, and brothers and sisters are forbidden to marry in the Netherlands, although a dispensation may be granted if the partners are adopted siblings.
Spain[edit]
Consensual incest between adults is legal in Spain.[6
Sweden[edit]
Incest with a descendant or a full sibling is prohibited by law in Sweden.[61] Half-siblings can marry, but require special approval by the government.
United States[edit]
Main article: Laws regarding incest in the United States
See also: Prohibited degree of kinship § United States
Laws regarding incest in the United States vary widely between jurisdictions regarding both the definition of the offense and penalties for its commission. The Laws regarding incest in the United States article summarizes these laws for individual U.S. States and the District of Columbia.
In the United States the District of Columbia and every state and inhabited territory have some form of codified incest prohibition. In most states, sexual activity between a lineal ancestor and a lineal descendant (parent, grandparent with child or grandchild), siblings (brother-sister) and aunt-nephew, uncle-niece is penalized as incest. However, individual statutes vary widely. Rhode Island has repealed its criminal incest statute[68] and only criminalizes incestuous marriage.[69] Ohio "targets only parental figures",[68] and New Jersey does not apply any penalties when both parties are 18 years of age or older.[6][68]
In some states, sex between first cousins is prohibited (see cousin marriage law in the United States by state for cousin sex, as well as cousin marriage, being outlawed in some states). Many states also apply incest laws to non-blood relations, including stepparents, step-siblings, and in-laws.[70]
Brazil[edit]
It has no criminal punishment if the involved are over the age of 14 (the clear age of consent in force; before 2011, though, sex with people as young as 12 and as elder as 17 was in a legal grey area, with legal guardian-reported sex with those aged 12 and 13 being prosecuted as statutory rape, but unlike as with those aged 11 and younger not directly prosecuted by the State without a report by either the legal guardians or the adolescents themselves – unlike now, where the police forces prosecute all statutory rape-related cases without distinction –, and legal guardian-reported sex with those aged 14, 15, 16 and 17 being prosecuted as corruption of minors, but prosecution as corruption of minors for non-commercial consented sexual activity between people out of a defined hierarchy fell), capable of acting upon their legal rights, and that consent means that the relationship is absent of any kind of coercion or fraud.[citation need
Brazilian law never held marriages between double first cousins as a reason for invalidity, even though those have a consanguinity as strong as that of half-siblings, and those, as other first cousins, are not asked health checks to marry, doing so in the same way as non-related people. Also legally treated much like non-related people are stepsiblings, while those who are stepsiblings and half-siblings (that is, those who have a half-sibling who is also child of a latter married spouse of one's parent) are treated like half-siblings who are not stepsiblings, being demanded health checks before marrying.
Australia[edit]
In Australia, under federal law, sexual conduct between consenting adults (18 years of age or older) is legal,[75][76] and state incest laws are subject to the overriding federal law. Federal law prohibits marriage to an opposite-sex ancestor and descendant or sibling (including a sibling of half-blood), including those traced through adoption.[77][78]
Subject to conflicting Commonwealth laws, incest is a crime in every Australian jurisdiction,[79] but definitions and penalties vary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_regarding_incest
Israel[edit]
See also: Jewish views on incest
Consensual incest between adults is legal in Israel
India[edit]
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) does not contain any specific provision against incest, but there are general provisions relating to sexual abuse of children by their custodian, such as a parent or teacher.[11][12]
Thailand[edit]
Consensual incest between adults aging from 18 years old is not prohibited by law in Thailand. Incestuous marriage is prohibited by law.
Netherlands[edit]
Some references said that consensual incest between adults is legal in the Netherlands[6] and half siblings may marry under special approval of the government.[citation needed], but according to Dutch government website,[56] Parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, and brothers and sisters are forbidden to marry in the Netherlands, although a dispensation may be granted if the partners are adopted siblings.
Spain[edit]
Consensual incest between adults is legal in Spain.[6
Sweden[edit]
Incest with a descendant or a full sibling is prohibited by law in Sweden.[61] Half-siblings can marry, but require special approval by the government.
United States[edit]
Main article: Laws regarding incest in the United States
See also: Prohibited degree of kinship § United States
Laws regarding incest in the United States vary widely between jurisdictions regarding both the definition of the offense and penalties for its commission. The Laws regarding incest in the United States article summarizes these laws for individual U.S. States and the District of Columbia.
In the United States the District of Columbia and every state and inhabited territory have some form of codified incest prohibition. In most states, sexual activity between a lineal ancestor and a lineal descendant (parent, grandparent with child or grandchild), siblings (brother-sister) and aunt-nephew, uncle-niece is penalized as incest. However, individual statutes vary widely. Rhode Island has repealed its criminal incest statute[68] and only criminalizes incestuous marriage.[69] Ohio "targets only parental figures",[68] and New Jersey does not apply any penalties when both parties are 18 years of age or older.[6][68]
In some states, sex between first cousins is prohibited (see cousin marriage law in the United States by state for cousin sex, as well as cousin marriage, being outlawed in some states). Many states also apply incest laws to non-blood relations, including stepparents, step-siblings, and in-laws.[70]
Brazil[edit]
It has no criminal punishment if the involved are over the age of 14 (the clear age of consent in force; before 2011, though, sex with people as young as 12 and as elder as 17 was in a legal grey area, with legal guardian-reported sex with those aged 12 and 13 being prosecuted as statutory rape, but unlike as with those aged 11 and younger not directly prosecuted by the State without a report by either the legal guardians or the adolescents themselves – unlike now, where the police forces prosecute all statutory rape-related cases without distinction –, and legal guardian-reported sex with those aged 14, 15, 16 and 17 being prosecuted as corruption of minors, but prosecution as corruption of minors for non-commercial consented sexual activity between people out of a defined hierarchy fell), capable of acting upon their legal rights, and that consent means that the relationship is absent of any kind of coercion or fraud.[citation need
Brazilian law never held marriages between double first cousins as a reason for invalidity, even though those have a consanguinity as strong as that of half-siblings, and those, as other first cousins, are not asked health checks to marry, doing so in the same way as non-related people. Also legally treated much like non-related people are stepsiblings, while those who are stepsiblings and half-siblings (that is, those who have a half-sibling who is also child of a latter married spouse of one's parent) are treated like half-siblings who are not stepsiblings, being demanded health checks before marrying.
Australia[edit]
In Australia, under federal law, sexual conduct between consenting adults (18 years of age or older) is legal,[75][76] and state incest laws are subject to the overriding federal law. Federal law prohibits marriage to an opposite-sex ancestor and descendant or sibling (including a sibling of half-blood), including those traced through adoption.[77][78]
Subject to conflicting Commonwealth laws, incest is a crime in every Australian jurisdiction,[79] but definitions and penalties vary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_regarding_incest
