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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (18225)	3/13/1998 10:43:00 AM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

So how do you explain the fact that someone (my mother or me, perhaps both) can be thrown in jail for having sex with my sisters or mother? I might be mistaken, but I believe incest laws are enforced. I believe my mother would be prosecuted by the State if it came to the State's attention that she was having sex with her adult sons. I could be mistaken. I believe incest is illegal in most states. There was an interesting test case in the early '80s. Two children, a sister and brother, had been separated and put up for adoption when the girl was three and the boy an infant. As they grew up, their adoptive families didn't tell them about each other, but the girl vaguely recalled having had a brother. As an adult in her 20s she sought him out. They fell in love and decided to marry. This caused quite an uproar, though I doubt they were in fact prohibited from doing so because, as a result of the adoptions, in the legal sense they were not related. They insisted that this was what they wanted to do, and promised to have themselves sterilized so that there'd be no question of them passing on hereditary health problems. I only read one article about this; don't know what happened in the end.

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (18225)	3/13/1998 11:45:00 AM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Dwight: How do you explain the fact that you can be thrown in jail for not paying taxes that you never agreed to pay and are confiscatory -- where the State robs you of money you created? How do you explain that not that many decades ago marijuana and cocaine were legal, but now the jails are choked with buyers and sellers? How do you explain that in future years jails may be filled with people smoking "illegal" cigarettes (because that's where it's heading)? It's simple. The "laws" are illegal and violate the rights of individuals. Laws are not dictated by God, but by men. Men seeking power over the freedom of others will enact anti-liberty laws, some of which I've mentioned. IMO the State has no right to decide if a sister and brother can sleep together. The State has no right to infringe upon the moral decisions of individuals UNLESS the moral decision has a DIRECT impact upon the inalienable rights of other individuals. The "common good" cannot be considered because there is NO common good. Father Terrence