Sexual relations between siblings or between parents and their children are forbidden under section 173 of the German criminal code. Offenders can face years in prison.
But
on Sept. 24, 2014, by a vote of 14 to 9, the German Ethics Council recommended section 173 be repealed, arguing that the risk of disability in children conceived by incestuous couples is not enough to warrant the law. The chairman of the council, Christiane Woopen, was among the 14 members who had voted in favor of repeal.
Members of the Ethics Council who objected to decriminalizing incest argued that it would weaken “ethically significant” family values that contribute towards personal development.
In a statement outlining its recommendations, the Ethics Council said the law against incest “put couples in a tragic situation”:
“Incest between siblings appears to be very rare in Western societies according to the available data but those affected describe how difficult their situation is in light of the threat of punishment. They feel their fundamental freedoms have been violated and are forced into secrecy or to deny their love. The Ethics Council has been told of cases where half-siblings did not grow up together and have only met in their adult lives.
The majority of the German Ethics Council is of the opinion that it is not appropriate for a criminal law to preserve a social taboo. In the case of consensual incest among adult siblings, neither the fear of negative consequences for the family, nor the possibility of the birth of children from such incestuous relationships can justify a criminal prohibition.
The fundamental right of adult siblings to sexual self-determination has more weight in such cases than the abstract protection of the family.”
In the case of Patrick Stuebing, he was adopted at a young age and traced his birth family in his early 20s. He and his sister Susan Karolewski, who were not brought up together, met for the first time when they were aged 24 and 16 respectively. Stuebing was convicted of incest in 2008 and spent three years in prison, failing an appeal to the Federal Constitutional Court in 2008 and to the European Court of Human Rights
over his rights to a family life in 2012. Karolewski was allowed to keep custody of their youngest child but the other three were taken into care.
Two are disabled, although it is not known whether incest is the cause.
A spokeswoman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party, Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker, responded to the Ethics Council’s vote saying that the abolition of the law against incest would give out the wrong signal because “Abolishing criminal punishment against incestuous actions within a family would go completely against protecting the undisturbed development of children.”
The Ethics Council’s recommendation only covered incest between siblings and members did not recommend decriminalizing sex between parents and children.
At least not yet.
H/t FOTM’s josephbc69
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“love is love”, right? Sickening.
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EGADS…I have never understood intelligentsia and progressives being en amour-ed with Europeans…they are backwards, this article is proof…yeesh
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This is just unbelievable! If I understand this correctly–50% of the children (two out of four) were born with disabilities. Why, Oh Why don’t people stand up and protect the 50% who “lost the lottery,” and got the genes for disabilities. These two loonies must be more interested in “banging” than worrying about what may happen to any offspring. I would say they were rather selfish. The article noted he was “24” and she was “16” (still a child) when they first met. I would be interested in knowing what age she was when their sexual relationship began. Sadly, government… Read more »
This group of people, these people that are considered of good character beyond repute, should be considered for “restructuring”. With all the information we have on this case study that is supposed to be the “supporting element” of incest, has 2 of 4 children disabled, and yet there is no determination of the disability being from incest or not. IF that group was operating in “good faith” and to produce a conclusion for the publics well being, then don’t you think that question of how those 2 kids became disabled should be answered? We are supposed to “overlook” the issue… Read more »
These people aren’t considering that there’s a reason beyond ethic and spiritual reasons why this is just WRONG;it’s been known for hundreds of years that a baby fathered by a blood relative to the mother stands a very real likelihood of suffering birth defects,in this case 50% (that we KNOW of).
That alone should be considered “Child Endangerment”,and thus,should remain illegal.
IT DEPENDS ON YOUR DEFINITION OF PERVERTISION THE WEST WILL NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH —- THIS ITS CALLED LIFE-STYLE CHOICE EVERYTHING ELSE GOES — SO SHEEP SHAGGING IS THE NEW NORM https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2352779/Bestiality-brothels-spreading-Germany-campaigner-claims-abusers-sex-animals-lifestyle-choice.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/11/bestiality-brothels-germany_n_3582771.html In 17 states bestiality/zoophilia is still legal. This includes Guam and American Samoa. The other states where it’s legal are Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming and the District of Columbia. Examples of moral inversion abound. What once was called bad is now called good. What once was frowned upon is now celebrated.… Read more »
Absolutely horrific and sickening! The German Ethics Council is a good example of “ethics” upside down; calling evil, good, and calling good, evil.
The reason for this needed change is really due to the ever increasing muslim population that now calls Germany home. IMHO more laws will be changed to accommodate the muslims perversions as well,
How the Christian nation of Martin Luther has fallen. And the great Catholic nations of Europe, the home of the greatest cathedrals, and of the recorders of history. How could they have been so fallen that they fell into the carnage of WW2 and Hitler’s Germany? I am so grieved, there are no words available to me.
This proves the foundational plank of eugenics can and will be cast aside in favor of satanism. After all, lest we forget, birth defects et al was the big excuse for eugenics (and also a prohibition against incest) back in the 1800’s up to now, and is still used for that excuse. Perhaps this indicates that the eugenics excuse is truly only a ruse utilized as an excuse, which is being done away with because it has an unintended consequence of prohibiting incest, which conflicts with the plans of the puppets of evil. Just a guess on my part. and… Read more »
Thanks for sharing this one. I am subscribed and read your blog all the time. Just don’t have the time to comment much. God Bless you doing God’s work informing us Christians
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Are We So Gone ‘ASTRAY’ In Our WORLD That ‘Ethics’ Council of GERMANY DARES Declare INCEST ‘LEGAL’ !?!?!?
They are living proof what happens when defective genes are kept within the kin. The woman ist demented herself, the man is not the brightest lightbulb on the xmas tree either, and their four creations are fairly damaged, as expected. Having gone to German schools, they must have learnt at school why one should not procreate within the family.
If you want to know what it looks like when incest becomes a way of life, take a look at the Pitcairn Island population.
Or check out procreating tactics and their results in muslim countries
Not for me.