Category: Let's talk
A couple are going to court to try to get the law changed so that they can be married. Currently the law prevents them from being married because, the woman in question is the man’s mother-in-law. After his wife died, he and his mother-in-law began a relationship and now they want to be married.
So, what do you think. Should the law be changed to allow this to happen? After all, any children that the man has will now be affected, their father will be married to their grandmother, so she will become their stepmother. Apart from the horrifying thought of marrying one’s mother-in-law, should people be free to marry whoever they choose despite the consequences?
yes i think they should! i am shocked to read that! that it's not in effect allready but this world is a free world so....yah
This poor woman will go bankrupt, having to give the kids/grand kids two presents for every birthday and Christmas, seeing as she fulfills two different roles in their lives.
As to your question, I can't say that it is up to us to forbid this. I understand not allowing mariages between close relatives for the obvious genetic reasons (and, seriously, who would feel sexually attracted to anyone in his/her family .. that is beyond me .. then again mothers-in-law are not exactly my idea of a hottie either .. even if I am sure they are all fine women and all that, just not for me). But, ultimately, there is no genetic reason they shouldn't get married, there, I think, is no religious reason why they shouldn't either and I think it would ultimately have to be up to them. The people most affected are the kid obviously, granted the man has some, and if people feel it's something the kids can handle I don't seee why or how we can stop that, after all parents can be alcoholics or working or generally not caring for their kids at all and as long as they provide basic necessities the law has little or no saying over how they treat their children .. and there is no proof that the children would be treated any worse, they should be treated better seeing as the grandmother is the one who should always spoil the kids. ;)
Like I said, weird, yes, a bit creepy certainly, but I can't say it's illegal or should be illegal.
cheers
-B
I couldn't have said it better myself, Wildebrew. While such acts tend to reach beyond the constructs of "social morality and ethics," there is no reason as to why they shouldn't. My personal disapproval aside, a son-in-law and mother-in-law do not, under "normal" circumstances share the same genetic pattern. If such is the case, then they are biologically viable partners.
I think thatif they are not related by blood, (As these two aren't), they should be able to get married. The only thing they need to consider first is the affect it will have on the children with Mum and Grandma being one and the same person. Other than that, and if they have considered how they will deal with this, I say go ahead.
I agree. The law gets involved in to many issues that should be simply private. There is much more productive things the law could get involved in, and on the topic of insestuous relationships I've known totally unrelated people to have "damaged" children while second cousins haven't so...Just my 2 since. I like Robert A. Heinlein ways of looking at things, why should the law; IE government, get involved in private matters?
Agreed with posts 3 through 6
absolutly not! OMG, that's so wrong.
I mean they just shouldn't get involved. As long as they aren't related who cares. really. the law should be focusing on other things then stuff like that.
I think that any two people who jenuinly wish to marry each other and haven't been pressurised into their final decision, should be allowed to marry each other. I may not wish to marry my mother in-law, or even my mother, but if other people want to, then that's up to them. We should respect other people's right to choose whether or not they wish to marry each other, because afterall, they're not causing harm to anyone else by getting married. Yeah some people especially children may be affected, but there are bad married parents who are what the majority of people would consider to be a normal couple.